Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN), Brazil’s largest bauxite producer, has secured a key installation licence for its Novas Minas project, which seeks to extend operations in Pará state to 2041….
With a potential initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX drawing closer, investors are increasingly turning their attention to the broader space economy and the companies positioned to benefit from its…
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO), the world’s second-largest miner, reported stronger first-quarter output as copper gains from its Mongolia copper mine offset weather-driven iron ore disruptions and mounting geopolitical risks….
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) founder and co-chairman Robert Friedland is warning that a prolonged closure Strait of Hormuz would have a “profound” effect on global supply chains, hobbling copper producers…
The Middle East conflict could remove up to 3–3.5 million tonnes of aluminium output, about 5% of global supply, and put nearly another 7 million tonnes at risk, tightening a…
Artemis II is set to lift off tomorrow, spotlighting the geopolitical race for the metals behind modern spaceflight. The flight around the Moon, without landing, will carry astronauts aboard the…
It started with gold. Then silver. Then platinum. Then copper, aluminum, uranium, and zinc have all followed too. And now it’s the laggards. Oil, gas, and coal. Is the global economy playing…
Ottawa has cleared a $200-million wharf expansion at the Port of Bécancour in Quebec that would allow larger bulk carriers to serve Canada’s mining sector, though no construction timeline has…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to provide up to $500 million in funding to expand domestic critical minerals processing and battery materials manufacturing and recycling, as Washington seeks…
The mining and metallurgy industry has undergone a profound transformation since 1905, when Canada was producing six key metals – iron, copper, nickel, lead, aluminum and zinc – largely for domestic use. By the…
Canada’s critical-minerals fragility lies more with what happens after ore leaves the ground than the ore in the ground, witnesses told a parliamentary panel this week. In the House defence…
Ontario is pivoting from battery plant construction in its critical minerals strategy while it adds high-grade iron ore and aluminum to its list of important outputs. The previous strategy focused…
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