TSX slightly up, April 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.03% to 19,108.33 during the April 26-30 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slipped 3.78% to 106.88, and the…
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Manganese, nickel, silicon – main focus of battery research
A new whitepaper by Roskill that examines the potential of patent analysis to understand the lithium-ion battery technological landscape found the market trend is decidedly…
CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand
Commodities exchange operator CME Group launched on Monday a futures contract for lithium, seeking to capitalize on growing demand for the key ingredient in the…
Tanzanian Gold’s Buckreef on course to be a significant gold producer, says CEO Stephen Mullowney
Tanzanian Gold’s (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) Buckreef gold project, south of Lake Victoria and 110 km southwest of the city of Mwanza in north-central Tanzania,…
Two charts show why investors are right to love mining streaming companies
Despite keen investor interest, streaming and royalty deals still only make up a fraction of overall debt and equity financing in the mining industry, accounting…
Chile’s Pampa Camarones copper mine is up for sale
Chilean private equity fund Minería Activa has put up for sale its Pampa Camarones copper mine in the country’s far north amid an ongoing copper…
Deep-sea mining tests resume as lost robot rescued
Belgium’s Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it…
Champion Iron reports record Bloom Lake production
Production at Champion Iron‘s (TSX: CIA; ASX: CIA) Bloom Lake iron ore mine near Fermont, Que., inched upward 1% in the year ended Mar. 31,…
Copper breaches $10,000 per tonne and nears record high price
Copper hit US$10,008 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange today, nearing the record inter-day high of US$10,204 per tonne set in February 2011. “It’s…
Ero Copper reports new copper zone below Vermelhos mine in Brazil
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO) says it has identified a new zone of mineralization at its Vermelhos project, an underground mine under development in Brazil and…
Glencore’s board approves pay package for Nagle
Glencore’s board approved on Thursday the proposed pay package for incoming chief executive Gary Nagle, despite coming under fire from proxy groups and some investors…
JV Article: Climate-driven impacts present risks to infrastructure constructed on permafrost
Mineral exploration and mining companies need to adopt a “proactive approach” to managing climate-driven impacts on infrastructure built on permafrost, says Christopher Stevens, senior consultant…