Tungsten West reports trial output in UK
Tungsten West (LSE:TUN) has generated its first tungsten concentrate as it works to restart one of the world’s largest resources of the defence metal, the…
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Blast from the Past: US proposes huge mining program
In early 1942, with America newly at war and global supply lines shattered, the U.S. Bureau of Mines unveiled an ambitious plan to secure the…
Kazakhstan, US sign critical minerals pact
Kazakhstan, the world’s biggest uranium producer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States government in the field of critical minerals. The document…
Canadian federal budget promises billions for mining
Canada’s Liberal government plans to form a $2-billion sovereign fund for critical minerals, earmark hundreds of millions in mining industry spending and widen exploration tax…
Government equity in miners becomes U.S. norm
The Trump administration is ratcheting up government ownership in mining companies that are nominally Canadian, raising questions about whether Ottawa plans similar investments. Trump has…
New Ontario rules aim to speed up mine approvals
Ontario has introduced rules designed to cut mine approval times by half – a move that Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce insisted will make…
Gold miners dominate this year’s TSX30
Mining companies accounted for over half of the entries on this year’s TSX30 — an annual list of the 30 top-performing names on Canada’s largest…
Gold price hits record after Trump nixes tariff
The gold price hit a new high on Monday as the U.S. implemented a presidential order exempting key minerals including gold bullion, graphite, tungsten and…
China’s steel demand share to plunge 36% by 2050
China’s steel consumption is projected to decline steadily over the next decade, marking a structural shift in global demand dynamics, according to a new report…
Rwanda sends first tungsten to US
Trinity Metals, a Rwandan miner controlled by private UK-based industrialist TechMet, plans to ship tungsten to America’s largest processor of the metal used in bombs,…
Canada, US fund $29M for Canuck tungsten
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF) received an $8.2 million (US$6 million) investment from the Canadian government this week to help advance its Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in…
Collective encounters high-grade gold in Colombia
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) expanded the mineralized area at Colombia’s Guayabales project as it released assay results from six new drill holes….