Rinehart’s $1B SpaceX bet targets mining beyond Earth
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart sees potential ties between its critical minerals portfolio and Elon Musk’s space venture as demand grows.
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Sponsored: FireFly eyes quick Green Bay restart
FireFly Metals CEO Darren Cooke in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan during The Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT…
Canada risks losing critical minerals infrastructure race, PwC warns
Canada risks losing its competitive edge in critical minerals, energy and other strategic sectors unless it accelerates infrastructure investment and project approvals, according to a new PwC Canada report. Canada…
Glencore to resume emissions work at Quebec smelter
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) said it’s resuming work on emissions-reduction projects at its Horne Smelter in Quebec after the provincial government passed a new law giving the company more time to…
Conflict coltan from Congo linked to Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia supply chains
Coltan smuggled from mines controlled by the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered supply chains serving major technology and automotive companies, exposing weaknesses in industry…
Central Asia Metals’ copper-zinc output beats last year
Central Asia Metals (AIM: CAML) says operational efficiencies have allowed it to produce more copper and zinc through the first five months of 2026 than the same period last year,…
Mining M&A value surges while deal count plunges: S&P
First-quarter mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in mining saw combined deal value surge despite a sizeable decrease in the number of transactions, according to S&P Global. The value of transactions…
Ero Copper sees resource growth potential in Brazil
New drilling at Ero Copper’s (TSX, NYSE: ERO) Furnas polymetallic project in northern Brazil has extended mineralization beyond the current resource model’s limits, reinforcing the potential for further growth at…
Metals retreat amid Iran conflict and rate-hike concerns
Metals prices fell Wednesday as Middle East tensions and concerns over higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates weighed on sentiment, though softer-than-expected inflation data later helped limit losses. Base metals including copper,…
White Cliff advances historic Nunavut copper district
High-grade copper drilling results at White Cliff Minerals’ (ASX: WCN; US-OTC: WCMLF) Rae project in western Nunavut suggest the potential for a significant red metal system at its Danvers target,…
Osisko logs 3.49% copper at Gaspé project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) kicked off its 2026 drilling campaign at the Gaspé copper project in eastern Quebec with a clutch of high-grade intercepts that could add mineralization…
Court reopens KSM approval fight
The B.C. Supreme Court has sent Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) KSM project back to the province after finding it failed to consult enough with the Tsetsaut Skii km…