Norway to open its waters to deep-sea mining
The Norwegian government outlined on Tuesday details of a plan to open its sea floor for commercial mineral exploration and extraction, targeting metals considered essential for the transition to a…
Battery metals
Mining deal-making declines, but Beaty and others see opportunities
As the value of mining industry mergers and acquisitions falls from last year’s high, some investors see divergent trends moderating conditions. They say share prices are reasonable or low for…
TSXV edges higher during June 12-16 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 3.5 points or 0.6% over the June 12-16 trading session to end at 613.82. This week’s top value gainer was Los Andes Copper which…
Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Argentina’s Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) has produced its first lithium carbonate at the Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina’s Jujuy province. While the material is not battery-quality, the miner noted that…
Canadian operations halted as miners grapple with record wildfires
Despite the outlook calling for improving weather conditions, including anticipated rainfall and cooler temperatures, the mining industry in Ontario and Quebec is grappling with a disruptive blow caused by persistent…
GMS: Quebec touts millions of government funding for battery metal projects
Quebec is becoming known for mining project funding that hands out several hundred million dollars a year and promotes the province as a battery metals hotspot. The province’s funding structure…
Labour costs will soon beat oil as mine’s biggest expense, new data indicate
Labour costs are replacing oil products as a mine’s most expensive item as inflation impacts operating expenses more than capital costs, new reports show. Wages for some copper and gold…
World’s first marketplace for authenticated recycled metals has launched
While demand for secondary metals is predicted to overtake primary metals within the next 20 years, and with 400 million tonnes of metal recycled annually, there is still no globally recognized, standardized authentication…
Lithium Ionic says Brazil drill results to boost mineral resource due next month
Lithium Ionic (TSXV: LTH; USOTC: LTHCF) says drill results at its Bandeira and Galvani targets in Brazil are leading towards an initial resource estimate for the Itinga project by the…
SQM and Codelco kick off talks over lithium partnership
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium miner, and Chile’s state-owned copper miner Codelco have formally begun talks aimed at setting up a public-private partnership to extract the battery metal…
Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot
Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep sea miners.
Copper loses battle in fight for critical mineral status in the US
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has told congressmen and senators that copper has not reached the status of critical minerals needed to be added to the official list of commodities…