Sweden lifts uranium ban
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday voted to repeal a 2018 moratorium on uranium mining, clearing the way for exploration and mining from Jan. 1. The move by Sweden’s unicameral national parliament,…
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Texas Smackover sets grade high for lithium brine
Smackover Lithium, a joint venture between Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI; NYSE-A: SLI) and Norway state oil company Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), says it has North America’s highest lithium-in-brine grades in the…
Bottlenecks slow US copper supply ambitions
The United States’ effort to build a secure domestic supply of copper is running headlong into environmental review and legal disputes – illustrating the tension between energy transition goals and…
Kore Potash weighs sale to advance Congo mine
Kore began a formal sale process after announcing in June it was seeking a potash-savvy operator and partner.
Site visit: Revival Gold shows ‘exploration sizzle’ in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho – An underground discovery hunt in central Idaho could shuffle Revival Gold’s (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) development queue, CEO Hugh Agro said this week on a site visit….
Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…
JV Video: Rackla hunts bismuth, gold at NWT discovery
Rackla Metals (TSXV: RAK; FSE: RLH1) is testing a prospective extension of the Tombstone Gold Belt in Canada’s Northwest Territories with the grassroots Grad discovery, where rock samples at the…
JV article: Tiger Gold developing Colombia’s next mine
As Tiger Gold prepares to list on the TSXV later this year, the company published a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) this month for the Quinchía gold project in Colombia that…
Glencore output on target despite copper fall
Shares in Glencore (LSE: GLEN) climbed on Wednesday after the Swiss miner and commodities trader said it remains on track to meet its full-year production targets, easing investor concerns about…
Antofagasta trims forecast as copper output inches up
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) reported a modest 1% rise in third-quarter copper output on Thursday and warned that full-year production will likely land at the lower end of its…
McEwen drills thick oxides at Windfall in Nevada
McEwen Inc. (TSX, NYSE-A: MUX) has cut one of the thickest oxide hits yet at the Windfall area of its Gold Bar Mine Complex in Nevada, a result that may…
US, Australia target $3B for critical minerals plan
The United States and Australia signed a critical-minerals framework on Monday that aims to speed permits, mobilize public and private financing, and pilot market “price-floor” mechanisms to blunt non-market undercutting…