Editorial: Quebec’s mining crossroads
Quebec’s mining sector is at once thriving and uncertain, a duality that reflects the global forces reshaping commodities and the local policies that aim to manage them. The province has…
Environment
DPM halts Ecuador gold project drilling amid protests
Drilling at DPM Metals’ (TSX, ASX: DPM) Loma Larga project in Ecuador has been put on hold following widespread protests, the Canadian miner said as it released a new study…
Glencore, Amrize win BC reclamation awards
Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) Canadian coal unit, Elk Valley Resources, and building materials company Amrize (NYSE: AMRZ) led the honours at the 48th British Columbia mine reclamation awards this week. Elk…
Mining profits face nature-related threats: Barclays
Mining companies could see earnings drop by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said in a new report. The bank’s stress test, published in Navigating…
Mining Forum Americas: Gold Fields CEO preps Canadian giant Windfall for output
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is approaching the production start of its Windfall underground mine in Quebec, the core of the South African miner’s strategy to focus on tier one…
Ecuador casts doubt on Dundee’s Loma Larga
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has requested further information on DPM Metals’ (TSX: DPM) Loma Larga gold project, handing responsibility for its approval or rejection to authorities in the southern province…
Savannah Resources lifts lithium at Barroso by 40%
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV) has boosted the reserve estimate for its Barroso lithium project in northern Portugal by 40% after completing additional prospecting work, further cementing its status as Europe’s…
Rio to buy carbon credits with Caisse backing
Canada’s second-largest pension fund and Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corp. (CEFC) are investing in a carbon credits platform helping Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) cut its emissions footprint. La…
US could mine tailings to meet crit-min demand: study
The United States could meet much of its demand for critical minerals by recovering materials discarded in mining waste, according to a new study from the Colorado School of Mines. Published…
Metallium eyes $60B metals recycling market
Metallium (ASX: MTM; US-OTC: MTMCF) is advancing one of the first large-scale metals recovery plants in the United States to commissioning in December as it considers rolling out its modular…
Maritime halts Hammerdown work on NL wildfires
Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE) has halted civil construction activities at its Hammerdown gold project in northwest Newfoundland as wildfires continue to blaze in the province. Though there aren’t any active…
Podcast: The geopolitical race to mine the deep-sea floor, ft Ilya Epikhin
This week’s episode features Ilya Epikhin, Senior Principal at consultants Arthur D. Little and Global Lead for Metals and Mining, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Epikhin offers his perspective…