Metals price rally could hamper switch to green energy — IEA
Soaring metals prices may be good for miners, but they risk the ongoing transition to clean energy as batteries, solar panels and wind turbines need…
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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…
Fortuna Silver to buy Roxgold in US$884 million deal
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is buying Roxgold (TSX: ROXG; US-OTC: ROGFF) in an all-share deal valued at about $1 billion (US$884.32 million), as strong…
TSX up, April 12-16
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.64% to 19,351.32 during the April 12-16 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index jumped 4.81% to 111.25, and the…
SilverCrest connects Babicanora veins at Las Chispas
As SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE: SILV) prepares to put its Las Chispas project in Sonora, Mexico into production by the second half of 2022,…
Almaden case headed to Mexico’s Supreme Court
An appeal of an April 2019 lower court ruling that jeopardized Almaden Minerals‘ (TSX: AMM; NYSE-AM: AAU) Ixtaca gold-silver project in Puebla state – and…
Macquarie joins peers on bullish lithium prices outlook
Lithium shares are on a roll after investment bank Macquarie (ASX: MQG) joined peers in predicting a further increase in prices for the key battery…
TSX rises in March 29-April 1 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.27% to 18,990.32 during the March 29-April 1 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 1.34% to 104.02, and…
Argonaut Gold’s sale of Ana Paula project falls through
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has reported that the sale of its Ana Paula gold project in Mexico, approximately 180 km south of Mexico City, has fallen…
JV Article: Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco on course to be a multi-million ounce, low-cost gold mine
This past year has been a “challenging but exciting time” for Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC; BBSRF), says the company’s CEO Jack Lundin, as the Canadian junior…
Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners
Resource nationalism has spiked in more than 30 countries over the last year and more than half of those nations are key producers of minerals and…
First Majestic Silver takes Mexico tax row to arbitration
First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) has initiated arbitration proceedings against the government of Mexico, which is seeking more than US$500 million from the company…