Lithium Americas to split into two companies
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) plans to separate its North American and Argentine businesses into two independent public companies by the end of the year, it said on Thursday.The…
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EDM to modernize mothballed Nova Scotia zinc mine for 2023 restart
Secretariat won the Triple Crown that year, NASA launched Skylab and Watergate intensified.It was 1973, the same year Esso Minerals and Cuvier Mines began developing the Gays River underground zinc…
Ottawa forces Chinese divestments in critical minerals companies
The federal government has been getting tough with some Chinese companies, forcing some foreign owners of Canadian critical mineral projects to divest their holdings in the name of national security. On…
Spac started by ex-Rusal M&A wiz hunts for green metals giant
ACG Acquisition (LSE: ACG), a new company founded by a mining executive who helped create aluminum giant Rusal, says it plans to buy a critical minerals producer valued at several…
Core and Tesla scrub lithium deal as spodumene ore prices soar
Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) shares fell on Thursday after the miner and Tesla couldn’t secure a supply deal for battery-metal ore, but the power may reside with the producer over…
Commerce’s Ashram rare earth sample signals Quebec project’s global green metal ambition
Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE ; US-OTC: CMRZF) has produced its largest rare earth oxides sample yet from its Ashram project in northern Quebec as it develops what it calls the…
As Ontario joins clean energy talks, federal minister Wilkinson looks to streamline project approvals
Ontario has joined a country-wide consultation process to hammer out energy and mining strategies for transitioning to clean power using critical minerals, Canada’s natural resources minister said on Tuesday. The…
Cypress tests world’s first battery-grade lithium from hydrochloride process at Nevada plant
Cypress Development (TSXV: CYP) says it has successfully tested the world’s first hydrochloric acid process to extract battery-grade lithium carbonate from clay at its half-a-billion-dollar project in Nevada.The Clayton Valley…
Two contractors dead at Lithium Americas project in Argentina
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) says two contractors died at its Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina on Sunday. The deaths occurred in separate incidents that don’t appear to be…
Orosur reports ‘substantial’ gold assays at Anzá project in Colombia
Orosur Mining (TSXV: OMI; AIM: OMI) says diamond drilling at its flagship Anzá gold project in Colombia returned “substantial” assays from the Pepas prospect. Drill hole PEP007 intersected 80.6 metres…
Biden hands out first EV battery metals funding to Albemarle, Piedmont and Talon among others
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ: PLL) and Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) are among the companies marked for US$2.8 billion in Biden administration funding announced this week to help the…
Royalty firm Ecora plans transition to green metals despite lucrative coal contract
Ecora Resources (TSX: ECOR), a mining royalties company, is betting its shift to green-economy investing in projects by giants such as Vale (NYSE: VALE) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…