Searchers find Rio Tinto’s radioactive capsule lost in Australia
An Australian emergency services search team has found a tiny, but potentially deadly radioactive capsule belonging to Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) on the side of a highway in the…
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Billionaire-backed iron-air battery firm to start building factory within weeks
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are among investors who’ve raised US$800 million for a company developing a low-cost iron alternative for power grid storage which plans to begin…
U.S. agency blocks Northern Dynasty’s Pebble project in Alaska
Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) contentious Pebble project in southwest Alaska is on the rocks again after the Environmental Protection Agency denied environmental approvals. The EPA on…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 328: ‘Copper is as strategic as gold is precious’—copper and gold double-header ft Richard Adkerson and Mark Bristow
This week’s episode is a copper and gold CEO double-header, featuring the opening remarks of Freeport-McMoran CEO Richard Adkerson at the company’s recent Q4 conference call on Jan. 25, 2023,…
GM, Lithium Americas to jointly develop Thacker Pass mine in Nevada
Shares of Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) soared on Tuesday morning after it announced that General Motors (NYSE: GM) will invest $650 million in the company to help it…
Feds inject $75M into BHP’s Jansen potash mine
The federal government is investing $100 million to support the development of BHP’s low-emissions Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan, about 140 km east of Saskatoon. The cash injection will be…
TNM Drill Down: Freegold Ventures reports top gold assay for Jan. 20-27
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
European Metals soars as Czech lithium project labelled ‘strategic’
Shares in European Metals Holdings (LSE: EMH; ASX: EMH) jumped on Monday in both Sydney and London after it said its Cinovec lithium project had been classified as strategic for…
VRIC 2023: Junior metals M&A to remain muted in 2023
Mining personality and resource speculator Rick Rule harbours little hope that the pace of junior resource sector mergers and acquisitions activity will quicken in the coming 12 months as quality…
Rio Tinto sorry for loss of radioactive capsule in Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) apologized on Monday for the loss of a small, but “highly radioactive” capsule that has triggered a radiation alert across…
‘Timing is right’ for NWT to harness critical minerals boom, says minister
Canada’s Northwest Territories is positioned to capitalize on the coming critical minerals supply crunch, says the territory’s Industry, Tourism and Investment minister Caroline Wawzonek. The territory, perhaps best known for…
Kazatomprom reports a production miss
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazakhstan’s Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP), saw its attributable output fell by 4.1% last year to 11,373 tonnes of uranium, down from 11,858 tonnes in 2021. On…