PDAC: ‘Act like a startup to speed projects’
Mineral projects need to enter production much faster if the world is to find the metals necessary to power the upcoming energy transition, attendees of the world’s largest mining conference…
Articles by FREDERIC TOMESCO
PDAC: Canada, Australia risk falling behind in investment race, BHP boss says
Canada and Australia could end up trailing emerging mining nations such as Argentina if their governments don’t speed up permitting and lower costs, BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) CEO Mike…
PDAC: Gold, copper prices can only rise, analysts say
Copper and gold prices are poised to soar over the next decade as usage continues to climb, the world’s largest mining conference heard. After modest copper surpluses this year and…
Is private equity the solution to funding shortfalls?
Private equity’s interest in mining remains robust despite a short-term slump in deals, industry executives and financiers say. Metals and mining transactions involving private equity and venture capital firms fell…
Copper tariffs to hit consumers: ex-Codelco CEO
Potential U.S. tariffs on copper will only serve to drive up prices for consumers because domestic producers won’t be able to make up the shortfall, the former CEO of Chilean…
Fury Gold to buy Quebec Precious Metals
Fury Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE: FURY) has agreed to buy Quebec Precious Metals (TSXV: QPM, OTC-BB: CJCFF) for about $4.1 million to expand its exploration portfolio in the James Bay…
Equinox Gold to buy Calibre for $2.56B
The combined company is expected to be Canada’s second-largest producer of gold.
Grid Metals signs cesium supply deal with Tanco
Grid Metals (TSX: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) agreed to supply China-controlled Tantalum Mining (Tanco) with cesium in exchange for exploration funding on the Donner and Falcon West projects in Manitoba. Tanco…
Trump demands reciprocal tariffs on trade partners
U.S. President Donald Trump directed his administration to impose reciprocal tariffs against nations that have import taxes on U.S. products, escalating a trade war that threatens to rekindle inflation worldwide….
Barrick’s global gold reserves rise 23%
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX, NYSE: GOLD), whose stock price has lagged that of rivals amid woes in Africa and elsewhere, said global gold reserves jumped 23% last year after a…
Chinese investors control 75% of Indonesia nickel refining capacity: report
Chinese investors have managed to gain control over most nickel refining capacity in Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of the mineral – a dominance that may give China a greater…
Lundins, Zijin Mining agree on $62M investment in Predictive Discovery
Predictive Discovery (ASX: PDI) said the Lundin family, their associates and Zijin Mining agreed to invest about A$69.2 million ($62 million) to help the Australian miner press ahead with development…