Trump delays 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump is delaying 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month after the countries promised to beef up their borders and tackle the organized crime behind…
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Mining Indaba: US trade aggression could stall African metals investment, widening supply gap
U.S. protectionism could stall mineral processing investment around the world as supply shortages threaten to squeeze markets, an industry conference heard Monday in Cape Town, South Africa. New trade measures…
AME JV video: SRK developing tablet versions of HiveMap software
SRK Consulting is preparing to roll out tablet versions of its HiveMap geological mapping software in the coming months, Findlay Fraser, principal consultant at the firm, says in a new…
Canada fires back with 25% tariffs of its own on American goods
Canada responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on Canadian goods with the same levy on $155 billion of American products. Ottawa is also considering several non-tariff…
VRIC JV video: Neumeyer, Berdahl family back Yukon Metals’ drilling foray
Yukon Metals (CSE: YMC; US-OTC: YMMCF) is targeting a trio of the northwestern territory’s high-grade projects, some of which sit right beside all-season roads and the Alaska Highway. CEO Rory…
Chile orders Lundin mine near sinkhole shut for good
Chile’s environmental authority SMA ordered on Thursday the “total and definitive” closure of Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) Alcaparrosa mine after an almost three-year probe into a massive sinkhole near the operation. The…
Opinion: Trump drops a bomb on green energy
President Donald Trump has long been a supporter of traditional energy. During his campaign, he spoke negatively about electric vehicles, wind and other renewable energy sources. But in his first…
Skeena buys 13% of TDG beside Freeport find in BC
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) is paying $11 million for a 13% stake in TDG Gold (TSXV: TDG), which plans to advance the Shasta-Newberry project beside the recent porphyry…
London Symposium JV Video: Forte Minerals uses deep Andean experience to drill for copper, gold
Forte Minerals (CSE: CUAU; US-OTC: FOMNF) is leveraging its decades of work in the Americas to explore for copper and gold in Peru. CEO Patrick Elliott says his team has…
London Symposium JV video: Osisko Metals says Gaspé copper project funded until 2029
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) has the means to fund preparatory work on its flagship copper project in Quebec for at least four years, communications director Kimberly Darlington says in a…
China funnelled US$57B to control critical mineral supply chain: report
China has systematically extended its control over critical minerals essential for the global energy transition and net-zero emissions, using a network of at least 26 state-backed financial institutions over the…
Midnight Sun gains on Solwezi’s copper hits in Zambia
Shares in Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA; US-OTC: MDNGF) surged 26% Wednesday morning on drill results with hits as high as 10% copper at its Solwezi project in north-central Zambia….