MP Materials soars on Saudi rare earth JV
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Defense to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Maaden, the kingdom’s main mining company, to build…
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Americas Gold expands Idaho presence with $65M deal for historic mine
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) is paying $65 million to acquire privately owned Crescent Silver and its past-producing mine in Idaho as the miner looks to expand…
Gold Fields doubles Windfall capex to $1.9B
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) says developing the Windfall gold project in Quebec still makes sense even though it may cost more than double a 2022 estimate. The company expects…
RANKED: World’s 20 biggest gold projects
Gold bugs have been riding a scorching rally in 2025. With a gain of over 50%, gold is one of the best-performing assets year to date, buoyed by strong buying…
Friedland-backed Sunrise raises $30M for scandium mine pre-construction
Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL), the Australian scandium developer backed by Robert Friedland, is looking to raise A$46 million (US$30 million) through a share placement to fund pre-construction at its…
Argentina’s Milei to melt glacier law stalling projects
Argentine President Javier Milei plans to change the country’s glacier protection law to ease giant copper developments such as Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) El Pachón and the joint BHP (NYSE, LSE,…
Ivanhoe Electric gets $200M loan for U.S. copper mine
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) says it’s secured a $200 million (C$280 million) bridge loan from a bank syndicate amid a push to build the next major United States copper…
Vizsla sees 7-month payback for Panuco project
Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) said a new study shows the company would need less than a year to recoup its investment if it proceeds with the flagship Panuco silver-gold…
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were well-versed by…
Guinea looks downstream past Simandou start
As the Rio Tinto-led (ASX, LSE: RIO) $23.5-billion Simandou iron ore mine started officially this week in Guinea, the West African country under military rule said it wants to expand…
Canada Nickel on federal short list, Star says
Canada Nickel’s (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) proposed Crawford mine in Ontario may be among a new batch of projects due to join a federal fast track on Thursday, according to…
Nuclear to get lion’s share of U.S. loans: official
Nuclear power will receive most of the money from the U.S. Energy Department’s loan office as part of a government push to ensure new reactors are built quickly, Energy Secretary…