Critical Metals to build pilot plant in Greenland
Rare earth developer Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) surged on Wednesday as it approved the construction of a multi-use storage and pilot facility in Greenland to support its Tanbreez project. In…
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Lithium Argentina hits forecast, seeks Milei financing
Lithium Argentina (TSX, NYSE: LAR), the country’s largest producer of the battery metal, achieved its Cauchari-Olaroz brine output target as it advanced second-stage permitting and squeezed costs. The Switzerland-based company…
Copper prices hit yet another record
Copper prices surged to a fresh record on Tuesday as supply disruptions and U.S. trade uncertainty continue to fuel a sharp early-year rally across base metals. Benchmark three-month copper on…
Banks remain bullish on gold above $4,500
After delivering its best annual performance since 1979, gold is drawing fresh bullish calls from major banks as conditions line up for fresh record highs. In a note published on…
Lucara Diamond backs Karowe expansion
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) is pressing ahead with its plan to extend the life of the Karowe mine in Botswana after an updated feasibility study showed the underground project could…
London Symposium JV video: Generation Mining closes in on Marathon financing
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTCQB: GENMF) is closing in on a financing package to build its permitted $992 million (US$703 million) Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario, chairman Kerry Knoll…
BlueScope plays down $8.8B takeover bid
Australia’s BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL) said Monday it will likely reject an A$13.2 billion (US$8.8 billion) takeover proposal from a consortium led by Kerry Stokes-backed SGH (ASX: SGH) and U.S.-based…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
London Symposium video: McEwen touts Milei boost for Los Azules copper
Argentina’s pro-business shift under President Javier Milei makes it easier to move McEwen’s (NYSE, TSX: MUX) $3.1-billion (C$4.3 billion) Los Azules copper project towards construction, founder Rob McEwen says, provided…
Largo to sell Brazil iron ore for $56M
Largo (TSX, Nasdaq: LGO) has received a binding term sheet for the potential sale of iron ore calcine, a byproduct of its vanadium mining operations in Brazil. The term sheet…
Ivanhoe starts copper smelter output in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has officially begun copper anode production at Kamoa-Kakula’s state-of-the-art, direct-to-blister smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First production occurred on Dec. 29,…
Editorial: London calling
The title track of The Clash’s 1979 album borrows the urgency of a BBC global news broadcast, the ones that used to proclaim “this is London calling.” The song is…