NYSE rises June 12-16 after US Fed pauses interest rate hikes
Stocks in New York gained during the June 12-16 trading week after the United States Federal Reserve held off raising interest rates for the first time in more than a…
Canada
TSX closes higher during June 12-16 trading week
Over the June 12-16 trading period, the S&P/ TSX Composite Index inched 83.31 points or 0.42% higher, to 19,975.37. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 2.26 points or 2.1% to…
Lithium One Metals and Norris Lithium to merge
Deal combines two parallel lithium exploration portfolios focused on the active and high-profile James Bay lithium belt in Quebec.
GMS Video: Mineral processing is key to ESG – so why does it still get short shrift?
Miners understand the importance of innovation in mineral processing in reducing their environmental footprints, addressing community concerns and running more efficient operations. But companies still prefer tried and true processing…
Global Copper Snapshot: Eight companies keen to plug the copper supply gap
Copper is critical for a lower carbon future but as deposits are becoming harder to find and a supply deficit looms, miners are keen to find new sources of the…
Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has reached a deal to convert a loan balance of $76 million owed by High Power Exploration (HPX) into an equity investment in I-Pulse, HPX’s parent…
Avalon stock surges on $63M investment, joint venture with Sibelco
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) is partnering with Antwerp-based SCR-Sibelco NV to advance its lithium exploration projects in Ontario and its plans to build a lithium-hydroxide processing facility….
Argonaut pours first gold at Magino, expects commercial production in Q3
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) announced Thursday it has achieved first gold pour at its Magino mine located in Dubreuilville, Ont. — the company’s first Canadian mine operation. The process plant…
Aston sees future in Arctic copper by dropping local processing in favour of ore sorting
Aston Bay Holdings (TSXV: BAY; US-OTC: ATBHF) and American West Metals (ASX: AW1) are betting on new methods to prove the economics of a copper project farther north in Canada’s…
Surge Copper PEA outlines three-decade mine at Berg in BC
Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG; US-OTC: SRGXF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Berg project in central British Columbia that outlines a long-life asset with total payable production…
Hudbay Minerals, Copper Mountain shareholders approve merger
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) and Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) shareholders have approved the resolutions required to complete their planned merger. The deal hands Hudbay the Copper Mountain…
EV Nickel doubles Shaw Dome resource near Timmins
An updated resource at EV Nickel’s (TSXV: EVNI) Shaw Dome project in northern Ontario adds more than 24 million tonnes of contained metal to the W4 deposit over a previous…