How humanity’s conquest of space will depend on mining lunar water
With an eye to exploring Mars and beyond, space agencies worldwide are looking to mining to supply water, fuel and oxygen needed to send astronauts on longer missions. The target?…
Metals and Minerals Markets
Denison pushes ahead with Midwest uranium ISR study
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) has received the thumbs up from the Midwest Joint Venture (MWJV) to complete more in-situ recovery (ISR) evaluation work at its 25.17% owned Midwest…
Cleveland-Cliffs forecasts Q2 headline earnings ‘multiple times higher’
U.S.-based integrated steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) has signalled to the market it expects to report first-quarter 2023 revenues of about US$5.2 billion after it shipped 4.1 million net tons of…
General Motors to invest US$50M in lithium startup EnergyX
General Motors’ venture capital arm will lead a US$50 million financing round for EnergyX, which is developing a more efficient method to extract lithium from salt beds. According to company…
TSXV dips during Apr. 3-6 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 8.33 points or 1.3% over the Apr. 3-6 trading session to end at 625.85. The TSXV’s top value gainer this week was NGEx…
Mixed fortunes for the American indexes during Apr. 3-6 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 211.1 points or 0.6% to 33,485.29 and the S&P 500 fell 4.29 points or 0.1% over the week to 44,105.02. Franco-Nevada was the top…
BofA turns bearish on lithium
New lithium supplies coming to market from at least six new projects in the next six months will exacerbate the price pressures the battery-making ingredient has been grappling with the…
Industry mourns the loss of industry giant Stuart ‘Tookie’ Angus
Sympathies continue to pour in following the passing last week of industry veteran Stuart ‘Tookie’ Angus. Angus was a prominent figure on Vancouver’s Howe Street for over four decades, working…
TNM Drill Down: Great Boulder hits a homerun at Side Well
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Teck produces first copper concentrate from QB2 in Chile
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has produced the first bulk copper concentrate at its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) project in Chile as the project advances to full production…
Video: Integra Resources’ George Salamis on creating the largest Great Basin gold miner
The Northern Miner’s Western Editor, Henry Lazenby, interviewed Integra Resources president and CEO George Salamis about the rationale behind the company’s at-market merger with Millennial Precious Metals at the PDAC…
Dundee Precious extends Chelopech mine life to 2031
Dundee Precious Metals‘ (TSX: DPM) latest reserve update for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in Bulgaria has increased the mine life by two years to 2031. While the overall reserve base…