Ontario OKs $90M to upgrade Ring of Fire region
Queen’s Park and Aroland First Nation have signed a multi-million-dollar agreement to plan a transmission line in the remote Ring of Fire area in the province’s north. The deal also…
Battery metals
AME Roundup: BC’s Eby proposes 3-pronged approach to ‘bizarre’ U.S. tariffs threat
British Columbia Premier David Eby on Thursday outlined a three-part plan to counter proposed United States tariffs on Canadian imports during remarks at a Vancouver conference. Eby says the province…
Wiring, energy, geopolitics drive 2025 metals: Sprott
Critical metals, uranium and gold will shine this year driven by accelerating deglobalization and energy security demands, Sprott said in a special report Monday. Broader trade conflicts affecting allies and…
VRIC: U.S. military retreat inevitable as defence spending goes ‘insane’ – former colonel
Unsustainably high military spending will soon force the United States to scale back its overseas presence and stop meddling in regional conflicts, former Pentagon adviser Douglas MacGregor predicted. U.S. Department…
Former Shell, Anglo leaders back new body to ease resource conflict
Resource Resolutions (RR), a new venture aimed at reducing growing societal and geopolitical divisions around natural resources, has announced a global advisory council comprised of eminent figures from industry, international diplomacy…
Rio Tinto, Glencore in M&A talks: Bloomberg
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and Glencore (LSE GLEN) have been discussing combining their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. The Australian mining giant and…
London Symposium JV Video: Quebec’s clean energy, innovation, incentives
Quebec supports mining with hydro-power, streamlined permits and beneficial tax policies, an adviser to the province says. Early government action gives it an edge in the energy transition, Jonathan LaFontaine,…
Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion in cost, Stanford study finds
Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion batteries in cost by the 2030s, according to a new Stanford study. The study by Sustainability’s Precourt Institute for Energy and the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center evaluated…
Biden signs order to power-up AI infrastructure
U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday to support the development of the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and meet the enormous energy requirements from AI data centres in…
Financing: US Energy Dept. hands out billions
In mid-December, the U.S Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of US$755 million to battery materials and technology company Novonix to build a plant in Tennessee for manufacturing synthetic…
Stillwater Critical Minerals scrambles for DoD dollars
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) is exploring to boost its nickel-palladium project in Montana as it awaits word due this year on Defense Department funding. Glencore (LSE: GLEN),…
Trudeau to resign ahead of vote this year likely to elect conservative Poilievre
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will resign, paving the way for a new Liberal Party leader to take on Pierre Poilievre, who is favoured to win an election…