Trade spats to curb industrial metals demand: BMO
BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output. “There is no getting…
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Lithium market could see modest recovery in 2025: Adamas Intelligence
After years of torrid growth, 2024 was a lacklustre year for the global electric vehicle industry and, consequently, for global lithium demand. While the EV market in Asia Pacific performed…
YMP Scholarship: Mining industry must narrow talent gap by spotlighting roles in green transition
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Mining is perhaps more crucial today than at any other point in human…
London Symposium JV Video: Aris Gold doubles down on Colombia as it aims for 400,000 oz. next year
Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS; NYSE-AM: ARMN) forecasts doubling its gold output in Colombia to 400,000 oz. next year by expanding operations at its Marmato and Segovia mines, according to founder…
London Symposium JV Video: Scottie Resources eyes a first resource estimate by March
Scottie Resources (TSXV: SCOT) plans to release its first resource estimate by early March, CEO Bradley Rourke told a London conference. The Vancouver-based junior targets more than a million ounces…
Miners navigate high risks, ransoms in West Africa
Mali’s military government is trying to arrest the CEO of the world’s second-largest gold company while the junta in Niger has tightened its stranglehold on a French state-owned uranium mine….
Zimbabwe looks to hike free carry stakes in 2025
Zimbabwe is joining the club of African states looking for a higher ownership stake in mines and mining projects. It plans to take a 26% free carry interest in new…
Canadian Critical Minerals confirms 10.4% in XXIX Metal Corp.
Canadian Critical Minerals (TSXV: CCMI; US-OTC: RIINF) now has a 10.4% stake in XXIX Metal Corp. (TSXV: XXIX), which controls two of the largest copper projects in Eastern Canada, CCMI confirmed…
Unrest pushes Syrah Resources to declare ‘force majeure’ at Mozambique graphite mine
Allegations of fraud in Mozambique’s general elections in early October have ignited protests and paralyzed mining operations across the country, including Syrah Resources’ (ASX: SYR) Balama graphite operation in the…
JV Article: SLB launches ‘well-to-product’ lithium production service
SLB, a global energy technology company, is advancing sustainable energy solutions by introducing a new production service for the lithium brine sector. Developed at SLB’s demonstration plant in Clayton Valley,…
China leads world in energy transition, Wood Mackenzie says
The world’s second-largest economy leads the energy transition and is on track to source half of its power from low-carbon energy including hydro, solar, wind, nuclear and energy storage by…
Evergold drills high-grade antimony in B.C.
Evergold (TSXV: EVER) reported its highest-grade antimony assays yet from the DEM project near Fort St. James, B.C., putting it in the lead among juniors hunting for the critical metal…