PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…
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Spotlight: Global Battery Metals 1
With structural market deficits projected to grow for most battery metals over the next decade, companies are scrambling to find and build more supply. Here are four companies with significant…
PDAC: Ottawa sprinkles cash across 30 projects
Canada announced as much as $17 million each for 30 mining projects on Monday as another round of support linked to a Group of Seven critical minerals initiative. The funding…
JV Video: Automation rises as drilling faces safety pressure
Exploration drilling remains the foundation of every new mine development, but the operating environment is becoming more demanding. Programs are moving deeper, labour shortages persist and safety expectations – particularly around live work and manual rod handling – are intensifying…
Graphite projects outside China face long road
Developers in Canada, Africa and Australia are advancing a new wave of graphite projects aimed at supplying the battery sector even as prices and long development timelines test the economics…
Spotlight: Global Exploration 1
Exploration is the lifeblood of the world’s metal supply but economic deposits are becoming harder to find and sometimes even harder to exploit. Here’s a look at four companies determined to find the mines we need…
PDAC: Vale eyes doubling of copper output, CEO says
Brazilian iron ore giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) is targeting a doubling of copper output over the next decade as part of a plan to expand its footprint in three main…
PDAC Podcast Day 1: Saudi Arabia’s Abdulrahman Al Belushi and TMX Group’s Dean McPherson
This episode marks the Northern Miner Podcast’s first day of coverage from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. Today’s guests include Abdulrahman Al Belushi, Saudi…
PDAC: TradeTech warns of faster uranium booms, busts
The uranium market is heading into shorter, sharper price cycles as trade restrictions reshape nuclear-fuel supply chains and power demand from artificial intelligence tightens electricity markets, according to TradeTech, a…
PDAC: Getchell says third party staked on un-lapsed gold claims in Nevada
Getchell Gold (CSE: GTCH; US-OTC: GGLDF) says it’s pressing ahead with plans to release an updated resource within weeks on its Fondaway Canyon gold project in Nevada after a third…
PDAC: Miners wary as Ottawa eases greenwashing law
Ottawa is trying to take some sting out of Canada’s crackdown on greenwashing – overstating or misrepresenting environmental performance — but mining executives say companies already treat climate claims like…
Osisko’s Gaspé revamp ties history to copper’s surge
For Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) chief operating officer Jeff Hussey, life has a way of repeating itself. Three decades ago, Hussey was hired by Toronto-based mining giant Noranda to work as a…