SW US CEO chat: Energy Fuels pivots to rare earths
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE-A: UUUU) is increasingly pinning its future on rare earths rather than uranium, with the Colorado‑based miner now expecting most of…
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SW US: Anfield wants $50M for Utah mill
Developer Anfield Energy (TSXV, Nasdaq: AEC) will seek to raise at least $50 million (C$69.3 million) in financing over the coming months to refurbish and reopen…
Opinion: Battery Passport 2027 – the EU rule that reaches back to the mine
A regulation aimed at batteries is about to make demands of the people who dig up their raw materials. From Feb. 18, 2027, every battery…
Fund manager sees mining as cheap AI play
Otavio (Tavi) Costa, founder and CEO of Azuria Capital, argued that mining can be the least expensive way to invest in artificial intelligence as the…
Gen Z warms to mining as labour crunch looms
Canada’s mining industry is attracting more young people just as it faces a much bigger problem: finding enough workers to staff a new generation of…
Europe’s Russian uranium reliance grows, Sprott says
European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel increased in 2025 despite efforts to diversify its uranium supply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sprott Asset Management said…
Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined,…
EMP moves toward production with Saskatchewan lithium demo plant build
Saskatchewan lithium brine developer EMP Metals (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) has finished building the demonstration plant at its main Viewfield project, a key step that…
Lion Copper’s Yerington now ranks among Nevada’s largest red metal deposits
An initial resource for Lion Copper & Gold’s (CSE: LEO; US-OTC: LCGMF) Bear deposit in Nevada establishes Bear as one of the state’s largest undeveloped…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for…
NextSource eyes longer Madagascar graphite mine life, higher costs
An updated feasibility study for NextSource Materials’ (TSX: NEXT) Molo graphite mine in southern Madagascar outlines lower returns and higher costs for the same output,…
Algae research could double rare earth concentrations
Scientists at Southern Illinois University have found algae can more than double the concentration of rare earth elements, offering a potential alternative to chemical-intensive processing…