PDAC: Ottawa details $1.5B road, power fund
Canada officially launched on Tuesday a $1.5-billion First and Last Mile infrastructure fund that had been outlined in November’s federal budget to get metals from mines to markets. The earmarked…
Politics
PDAC: Ontario shifts metals strategy to defence as EVs stall, mining minister says
Ontario is pivoting from battery plant construction in its critical minerals strategy while it adds high-grade iron ore and aluminum to its list of important outputs. The previous strategy focused…
Zimbabwe export ban a temporary dent on lithium supply, says Fitch’s BMI
While Zimbabwe’s ban on raw materials exports is expected to tighten the global lithium market, its impact would not be as prolonged or profound as the Democratic republic of Congo’s…
PDAC Podcast Day 2: US Dept of Energy’s Robertson, UK Deputy High Commissioner Prodger and more…
This episode marks the Northern Miner Podcast’s second day of coverage from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. Host Adrian Pocobelli sits down with U.S….
PDAC: Ecuador vows faster mine permits under new law
Ecuador‘s new mining law revamps environmental permitting, creates protected mineral zones with security forces and reshapes how royalties flow to local governments as Quito tries to pull in new investment…
Cameco signs $2.6B uranium supply deal with India
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) signed an estimated $2.6 billion (US$1.9 billion) agreement to supply uranium ore concentrate to India for use in the country’s nuclear reactors. Canadian Prime Minister…
Bolivia minister pledges ‘legal certainty’ for investors
Bolivia’s new mining minister is vowing to woo back foreign investors in silver, tin and lithium who fled two decades of Socialist Party rule. “We are going to work hard to provide the legal certainty that investors as well as…
PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…
PDAC: Ottawa sprinkles cash across 30 projects
Canada announced as much as $17 million each for 30 mining projects on Monday as another round of support linked to a Group of Seven critical minerals initiative. The funding…
Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
Niger junta seeks uranium buyer
Niger is struggling to find a buyer for a large stockpile of nationalized uranium while trying to keep it out of militant hands after a recent attack narrowly missed the…
Nevada tops Fraser survey as Ontario, Saskatchewan rise
Nevada has dislodged Finland as the best jurisdiction for mining investment globally while two Canadian provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – have climbed into the top three, a new survey…