Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
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Nevada tops Fraser survey as Ontario, Saskatchewan rise
Nevada has dislodged Finland as the best jurisdiction for mining investment globally while two Canadian provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – have climbed into the top three, a new survey…
PDAC due for investor surge as mining ‘has its moment’
A buoyant BMO metals conference this week marked by rising prices, disciplined miners and renewed deal talk is setting the stage for the world’s largest mining convention starting Sunday in…
Rio gains control of Nemaska, eyes $300M investment
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) said it plans to invest more than $300 million (C$411 million) this year to expand its lithium business in Quebec after assuming control of Nemaska…
CHART: EV battery metals index jumps to 27-month high
December’s raw materials bill for global electric vehicles topped $2 billion for the first time since August 2023 and surging lithium, nickel prices going into 2026 puts battery metals slump…
Indaba: How AI in mining is like self-driving cars
The planet’s most advanced artificial intelligence isn’t a chatbot, it’s a robotic vehicle, and Stanford University researchers say mining should pay attention. A team at Stanford’s Mineral-X initiative, led by…
Opinion: Canadians must match American urgency in the race for critical minerals
In the cavernous halls of the U.S. State Department last week, something unusual was on display: earnest cooperation rather than the usual diplomatic theatre. The inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial wasn’t…
Nickel price jumps as Indonesia’s top mine cuts output
Nickel prices rose for a fourth straight day Wednesday after Indonesia ordered the world’s largest nickel mine to sharply cut output in a move aimed at tightening global supply and…
PMET to raise $130M for Quebec lithium exploration
Canadian mine developer PMET Resources (TSX: PMET; US-OTC: PMETF) is raising up to $130 million (US$96 million) to fund exploration and development work at its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in northern…
Ares restarts US fluorspar output after Pentagon deal
Ares Strategic Mining (CSE: ARS; US-OTC: ARSMF) said it has restarted the Lost Sheep fluorspar mine in Utah after landing a major U.S. government contract to supply the obscure mineral…
Saudi plant is ‘wake-up call’ for Quebec, France: Northern Graphite CEO
Northern Graphite’s (TSX-V: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) decision to build a $200-million (C$144-million) battery material plant in Saudi Arabia should serve as a warning for governments in Canada and France, where the miner has been mulling similar…
Canada defers spot in US critical minerals pact: Globe
Canada won’t immediately take part in a United States plan to assemble allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told the Globe and…