Government cash reshaping mining finance: report
As the United States announces more investments in mining and processing, mining companies and the general public need to be more aware of how the trend is changing the government’s…
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US opens vast Pacific seabed to mining
Washington is planning to auction off deep-sea mining leases near the Northern Mariana Islands later this year, advancing the Trump administration’s push to develop domestic sources of critical minerals from…
US awards $162M to turn mining waste into critical minerals
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects for $162 million (C$225 million) in potential funding to recover critical minerals from mine waste and industrial feedstocks, part…
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, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Junior funding model blamed for mine delays
The mining industry’s exploration financing model leaves junior companies ill-equipped to address environmental and social issues that later delay mine approvals, the Washington, D.C.-based Trust, Accountability and Inclusion (TAI) Collaborative…
US investor group taps Glencore in bid for Sherritt
A U.S. investor group that includes Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is offering to recapitalize Sherritt International (TSX: S) and acquire control of the beleaguered miner whose survival is in doubt following…
Top 10 global miners: Zijin’s expansion pays off
Zijin Mining’s (SSE: 601899; SEHK: 2899) expansion strategy paid dividends as the Chinese miner topped global peers located outside North America and Australia for market capitalization. Attributable net income for 2025 jumped 62% to a…
Top 10: BHP leads heavyweights Down Under
BHP Group (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) leads Australia’s biggest listed mining and metals companies by market value, while Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) posted the strongest fiscal 2025 profit. BHP was worth…
US-backed Orion eyes stake in Tanzania nickel mine
A deal would help Lifezone finance the $940 million Kabanga project and advance US efforts to secure critical minerals.
Top 10: Agnico, Barrick lead list of Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: NEM) leads the list of Canadian miners by market value at $79.5 billion (C$112.8 billion). Agnico runs the country’s largest mines by output: Canadian Malartic and Detour Lake. The…
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) has secured federal approval to proceed with its proposed Crawford polymetallic mine in Ontario, paving the way for a construction decision next year amid…