Rio starts $1.5B expansion of Quebec aluminium smelter
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) has begun a $1.5 billion (C$2.1 billion) expansion of its AP60 low-carbon aluminium smelter in Quebec. The project advances the company’s push to supply…
Stock Markets/Investing
Petra Diamonds sidelines Finsch mine, cuts jobs
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) is placing its Finsch mine into business rescue and cutting jobs across its South African operations as collapsing diamond prices and a strong rand threaten the…
Alamos greenlights Copperstone gold mine in Arizona
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) said it will proceed with construction of the past-producing Copperstone underground gold mine in Arizona, a $58 million (C$80 million) investment that the company says will…
Iran war squeezes acid, aluminium, miners’ margins: WoodMac report
The Iran war around the Strait of Hormuz is starting to hit miners far from the Persian Gulf, Wood Mackenzie warned on Wednesday. The conflict is choking sulphur shipments that…
MP Materials accuses USA Rare Earth of tech theft
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has issued a lawsuit against USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR) alleging that its rare earth mining rival stole its proprietary magnet technology through an ex-employee. The…
Sovereign seeks $60M rare earth revenue from tailings in Malawi
Sovereign Metals (ASX: SVM; LSE-A: SVML; US-OTC: SVMLF) said Wednesday heavy rare earth-rich monazite confirmed in four planned pits at its Kasiya project in Malawi could open a third revenue…
Discovery Silver-backed Abitibi Metals drills 3.6% copper at B26 in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) has returned one of its strongest copper-gold intercepts yet at the B26 polymetallic project in western Quebec, as drilling continues to define higher-grade zones…
Sitka sees possible underground mine at Blackjack
Sitka Gold (TSX-V: SIG; US-OTC: SITKF) said high-grade drill results from its RC Gold project in the Yukon confirm the potential for an underground mine at the property’s Blackjack deposit….
Podcast: Tokenizing uranium on the blockchain, ft xU3O8’s Ben Elvidge
This week’s episode features Ben Elvidge, Product Lead of xU3O8, Head of Alternative Assets at Trilitech, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the tokenization of uranium on the Tezos…
Westhaven logs 48g gold at Shovelnose project in BC
Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN; US-OTC: WTHVF) cut a highlight result of 8 metres grading about 48 grams gold and 229 grams silver per tonne at its Shovelnose project in British…
Video: Midstream wall slows US critical minerals push, panel hears
The United States is putting more money behind critical minerals, but the West still lacks the processing capacity and private capital needed to cut its reliance on China, a May…
Stillwater Critical flags Montana rhodium upside
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) is using new rhodium assays and a defined chromium inventory to press the Stillwater West multi-metal project in Montana as an important future…