Diamonds Snapshot: Eight Canadian companies ready for discovery
After a difficult 2020 that saw a near shutdown of the diamond market for half the year as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions, diamond prices have bounced back in…
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Ekati to produce 4M carats in 2021 under new owners, Arctic Canadian Diamond
After a roller coaster of a year that almost forced an early end to the Ekati diamond mine, the operation’s new owners, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, are hoping that the…
Largo Resources to capture 3% of clean energy storage market by 2025
Integrated vanadium producer Largo Resources (TSX: LGO; OTCQB: LGORF) is charting a course towards capturing 3% or about 1,400 megawatt-hours of the long-duration energy storage battery market by 2025, company…
Cornish Metals’ tin-copper project richer than thought
Cornish Metals (TSXV: CUSN; LON: CUSN) posted on Wednesday an updated resource estimate for its South Crofty tin-copper project in Cornwall, southwest England, as it moves to closer to reopening the…
Newcore shares surge on updated Enchi PEA
The Toronto-quoted shares of Canadian project developer Newcore Gold (TSXV: NCAU, US-OTC: NCAUF) surged nearly 15% this morning following an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the flagship Enchi project…
Callinex intersects more high-grade copper at Rainbow deposit
Since Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) resumed drilling in mid-February at the Rainbow deposit at its Pine Bay project in Manitoba’s Flin Flon district it has completed 10,005 metres…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 242: Cloud offers ‘scalability and standardization’ across mining operations, ft Anthony Downs and Dean Gehrin
This week’s episode features Vale’s Anthony Downs and Newmont’s Dean Gehring in conversation with Northern Miner senior reporter Carl A. Williams at the Global Mining Symposium. Anthony and Dean discuss the…
Noront snubs Wyloo debt offer
Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) has rejected a loan offer from major shareholder and Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals late last week, citing an “immediate need for funding.” Instead,…
Global uranium output tipped for growth as spot prices tick up – report
Worldwide uranium production will recover by 3.1% to reach 51,200 tonnes in 2021 as significant mines come back online following a Covid-19 hiatus, new analysis by GlobalData shows. The increased…
Global Copper Snapshot: Eight companies advancing copper projects around the world
With copper’s key role in the transition to greener forms of energy to fight climate change, along with soaring prices for the metal, companies are accelerating their work plans at…
Nighthawk Gold extends Grizzly Bear at Indin Lake
Drilling at Nighthawk Gold‘s (TSXV: NHK) 930-sq.-km Indin Lake gold project, 200 km north of Yellowknife, has extended mineralization at the Grizzly Bear deposit ahead of a resource update expected…
Serbia may decide fate of Rio Tinto’s lithium project in referendum
Serbia’s President, Aleksandar Vucic, may seek voter approval for Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Jadar lithium project near the city of Loznica, in western Serbia, as community…