Quebec’s Orbit Garant drills most since 2012
After a lengthy downturn across the industry, Orbit Garant Drilling (TSX: OGD) drilled more metres in fiscal 2017 than during any other year since the peak of the last cycle…
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Facts ‘n’ figures: ICSG says copper production declining
World mine production has declined 3% in the first five months of 2017, with concentrate production declining 2.5% and solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) declining 4.5%. The decline in world mine production…
Editorial: Gold, copper reach new highs
The sustained strength in most precious and base metals this year reached breakout levels in September, as a weakening U.S. dollar and renewed optimism over Chinese metal demand pushed metal…
Gold demand cools in Q2
The following is an edited summary of the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report for this year’s second quarter. For the full report, please visit www.gold.org. Global gold demand in the second…
Pala sets up new tech metals fund
Over the last decade, Pala Investments has invested across a range of metals, including cobalt, lithium, rare earths, tin, nickel and copper. More recent investments include the $200-million public offering…
LME and World Gold Council launch LMEprecious
The following is an edited amalgam of statements by the London Metal Exchange on the LME and World Gold Council’s launch of the LMEprecious trading platform on July 10 in…
Commentary: Battery makers want more from specialty mineral miners
Metals and minerals for rechargeable batteries are in the spotlight as projections of rapidly increasing demand indicate future supply shortages. Over the next 10 years, demand for lithium and cobalt…
Rising battery demand drives allure of technology minerals
Interest in technology metals and minerals has surged in recent years along with growth in the market for electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries used to power electric vehicles need chemicals…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…
Castle Silver Resources markets cobalt potential to Asian buyers
A junior with properties in northern Ontario containing past-producing silver and cobalt mines says metal traders and carmakers in Japan and battery manufacturers in China are eager to lock up…
Cobalt deficit on the horizon
Cobalt prices have nearly doubled in the first quarter of the year, with demand for its use in rechargeable batteries and the electric-vehicle market, in particular, expected to take off….
China ‘holds the key’ to thermal coal price stability
The Northern Miner recently spoke with Andy Roberts, Wood Mackenzie’s research director of global thermal coal markets, to get an overview of the sector. Based in Austin, Texas, Roberts analyzes…