Video: Uranium firms glow even as hurdles remain
The uranium industry is buoyed by its highest metal price in 17 years, pro-active government policies and improved public sentiment, yet it faces headwinds, panellists said at The Northern Miner’s…
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Video: Rio Tinto’s Mehta on how sustainability is driving mining’s big shifts
Angelina Mehta, general manager for joint ventures with Rio Tinto Aluminum, has seen some big changes in the mining sector over her 27 years in the business. One of the…
NexGen rises on US$250M uranium purchase
The uranium developer inked an agreement with MMCap International for the procurement of 2.7 million pounds of uranium concentrate.
Omineca restarts output at Canada’s only underground placer mine with 10-oz haul
Omineca Mining and Metals (TSXV: OMM; US-OTC: OMMSF) says it’s begun processing gold-bearing gravel again at its Wingdam paleoplacer project in British Columbia. The company recovered 10.25 oz. of coarse,…
BHP, Ivanhoe Electric to hunt for US copper together
Mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) and Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE: IE; TSX: IE) have partnered to explore for copper and other critical minerals in selected areas in…
South Africa wins battle for US$43M sunken silver bars
Finders are not always keepers, as proven by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruling on who owns about US$43 million worth of silver bullion recovered from a sunken cargo ship….
Video: How geopolitics is opening up downstream funding for miners
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) is attuned to companies seeking geopolitical certainty in their metals as well as a high environmental social and governance score and low carbon footprint, CEO…
JV Content: Ontario comes out ahead in mines to EV race
In the global competition for investment in the new, low-carbon economy, Ontario stands out as an existing centre of both mining and auto manufacturing, a conference in Washington, D.C. heard…
Democrats seek probe into foreign mining on public land
Democrats in the United States House of Representatives want to know how much the government knows about about foreign investment in mining on federally managed lands. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the…
JV Video: Faraday Copper adds value to ‘one of largest’ red metal resources in US
Faraday Copper‘s (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) Copper Creek project in Arizona hosts enough red metal to make it “one of the largest undeveloped copper resources in the United States,” CEO…
U.S. Gold surges after obtaining Wyoming mining permit
U.S. Gold (Nasdaq: USAU) surged on Wednesday after the company said the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued the surface mining permit for the CK gold project, a key milestone….
Sigma Lithium hikes reserves, mine life in Brazil
Brazil-focused Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) announced on Wednesday that it has bumped up proven and probable reserves at its flagship Grota do Cirilo hard rock lithium mine by…