The Metals Company faces complaint to SEC over deep sea mining plans
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) is under fire from three civil society groups for its deep sea mining project in the Clarion Clipperton zone of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico…
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Lifezone produces metal from Kabanga samples in successful ‘Hydromet’ test
Lifezone Metals (NYSE: LZM) has produced nickel, copper and cobalt cathode materials from concentrates derived from borehole core samples at the company’s Kabanga project in northwest Tanzania. This milestone marks…
Vale Metals appoints mining veteran Shaun Usmar as CEO
Vale Base Metals, Vale‘s (NYSE: VALE) Canadian-based spinout of its metals business created last year, has appointed mining veteran Shaun Usmar as its new chief executive officer. Usmar brings over…
ACG opts for US$290M copper mine in Turkey after dead US$1B nickel deal
ACG Acquisition (LSE: ACG), founded by a mining executive who helped create aluminum giant Rusal, is taking another stab at green metals after a US$1 billion deal last year failed to…
Video: Junior market dominated by ‘the lame, the halt and the blind,’ says Rule
Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource speculator Rick Rule. The problem is the market has trouble spotting the gems with high-quality assets, which often end…
Boyd, Roosen, Quartermain: It takes grit, invention, luck to make the big time
Perseverance, a focus on geology and financial discipline and some good breaks are what’s needed to make a mining titan, some of the industry’s leaders told a conference put on…
Ramp surges on Sprott backing for Sask. project
Ramp Metals (TSXV: RAMP) shares gained more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday after gold bug Eric Sprott invested in the Saskatchewan explorer. Sprott is the lead investor in…
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
Seabed mining body meets amid rising pressure for code
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) kicked off on Monday a two-week meeting expected to be pivotal as the UN body works on the world’s initial regulations for the mining activity,…
Canada’s resources not enough to ride energy transition wave: Ian London
London argues that Canada urgently needs to establish commercialization hubs to produce finished products like batteries, permanent magnets, and cathodes.
BHP halts Western Australia nickel mines on weak prices, glut
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) is halting its Western Australia nickel operations starting in October, as the world’s largest miner struggles to navigate challenges posed by a substantial…
Canada Nickel and JV partner Noble to spin out Mann project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) is spinning out its eastern exploration properties, northeast of Timmins, Ont., and its Mann joint venture with Noble Mineral Exploration (TSXV: NOB; US-OTC: NLPXF)…