Opinion: Battery Passport 2027 – the EU rule that reaches back to the mine
A regulation aimed at batteries is about to make demands of the people who dig up their raw materials. From Feb. 18, 2027, every battery placed on the EU market…
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First Mining Gold inks First Nations agreement
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF) has signed an agreement with the First Nations of Cat Lake and Lac Seul to develop the Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario. The deal…
Lithium price: Fitch raises forecast, warns rally has outrun fundamentals
The most active lithium carbonate contract on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange closed at 152,500 yuan (about $22,500) a tonne on Wednesday, up 11% from July’s lows, as the stalled restart…
Antimony: The fire safety, defence and energy metal
What’s so special about antimony? Antimony is among a handful of metals that have been used for thousands of years. The ancients used it in cosmetics such as the eyeliner…
Zinc price jumps to 4-year high
Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply cuts tightened the physical market….
Boliden’s $1.3B Nexa buy adds S-American zinc, silver
Sweden’s Boliden (STO: BOL) has agreed to buy Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim’s controlling stake in Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) for $1.3 billion (C$1.8 billion) in shares, giving the European miner a…
Koryx drills nearly 1 km of copper in Namibia
Koryx Copper (TSXV: KRY; NSX: KYX; US-OTC: KRYXF) has drilled the longest continuously mineralized intersection yet at its Haib copper project in Namibia, adding support for a resource update and…
Treasure hunt – Sudbury: The Basin That Built a Mining Nation
Read the French version: Sudbury : le bassin qui a bâti une nation minière Watch the Video: English | French Born in cosmic violence, discovered along a railway and built by generations of miners,…
Cabral Gold hits new zone in Brazil before output starts
Drilling at Cabral Gold’s (TSXV: CBR; US-OTC: CGBZF) Cuiú Cuiú project in northern Brazil has returned high-grade results that point to a new mineralized zone in the Jerimum Cima target…
Finland offers Troilus $132M financing option for Quebec gold project
Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has opened another route to financing its Quebec gold-copper project after Finland’s export credit agency offered potential support for up to $132 million (C$183…
Small suppliers need financial tools amid trade war, MSTA Canada says
In light of ongoing tariff escalation, the Mining Suppliers Trade Association of Canada (MSTA Canada) says the government needs to give more support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In…
Stillwater more than triples Montana resource
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) has established an initial indicated resource and more than tripled inferred tonnage at its Stillwater West project in Montana, sharply increasing its inventory…