South Africa’s unity rule may boost mining
South Africa’s new coalition government with a pro-business party could help the world’s leading platinum producer improve its troubled power and rail networks getting metal to market, analysts say. The…
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Red tape is top threat facing BC mining industry: PwC
Critical metals are a key economic driver for British Columbia’s mining industry, but government regulation, interest rates and inflation threaten opportunities, accounting firm PwC says in a new report. Green…
Australia directs Chinese crit-min backers to divest
Australia has ordered several China-linked investors to sell their 10.4% holding in rare earths project developer Northern Minerals (ASX: NTU) in a move similar to Canada’s two years ago. The…
Video: Agnico’s Hope Bay project plants another flag in Canada’s Arctic, Boyd says
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is advancing the former Hope Bay gold mine project in Nunavut as a nation-building measure in Canada’s far north by using the company’s 67 years…
China to build $1.5B copper smelter in Kazakhstan
Copper smelter is projected to have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes.
New technocrat Mexican leader unlikely pro-mining even as she replaces ‘whim and bombast’
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, won Mexico’s election to become the country’s first female leader and is expected to continue the anti-mining policies of outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador. …
Deep-sea nickel hits battery grade for The Metals Co.
The production of nickel sulfate from polymetallic nodules during tests is believed to be a first in the mining sector.
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…
Billions in African gold smuggled to UAE: report
As much as US$35 billion worth of gold produced by artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa, the world’s top bullion producing continent, goes undeclared and then smuggled out, a report…
JV Video: Ontario eager to feed new EV plants with local mines, says mines minister
Under its Building More Mines Act and Critical Minerals Strategy, Ontario has targeted $43 billion towards its electric vehicle supply chain. “Canadian miners, Ontario miners … we know how to…
Lawyers representing Congo claim to have new evidence on Apple’s use of conflict minerals
Apple has said in the past that it does not directly buy, procure or source primary minerals, and it has been auditing its suppliers for several years.
Video: Nuclear will help but fossil fuels aren’t leaving, mining investor Gilchrist says
The world will never be able to produce enough metals for a green energy transition without fossil fuels and more nuclear plants, says Brent Gilchrist, CEO of investment firm Deans…