Zambia to keep majority interest in mining permits
Zambia’s government plans to keep a majority stake in certain mining licenses it has found “promising” through an ongoing mapping exercise, but noted that private investors can develop these assets…
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Orion, Allianz among US$15T in funds seeking to boost mining investments for tripling output
A global group of institutional investors including Allianz, Legal & General and Orion Resource Partners wants to attract more funds to the mining industry by polishing its image and educating…
Power Nickel hits ‘biggest intersection yet’ at Quebec project
Explorer Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN) said on Thursday it had hit the main mineralized structure within the Lion zone of its flagship NISK polymetallic project in Quebec, following a retargeting…
Canada Nickel files Crawford project’s federal impact statement
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has taken a key step toward advancing its flagship Crawford nickel sulphide project in northern Ontario, kicking off the process of submitting a federal…
Lack of capital rises to top risk in EY mining survey
Capital is the top risk facing the mining industry this year, up from the number two spot last year, as tough financing and economic conditions make it more difficult to deliver…
Video: Why one contrarian mining investor prefers Australia over North America
Australia offers true discovery potential whereas “every rock seems to be turned three times” in North America, Commodity Discovery Fund founder Willem Middelkoop said in an interview. The Netherlands-based investor…
CHART: Global mining and metals – a reality check
A new report by McKinsey’s energy and materials practice outlines a global mining and metals industry emerging from a few years of boom and bust and price fluctuations the consulting…
Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) has launched the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture with Indigenous economic development firm Three Fires Group to find critical minerals in scrap. The…
Electra shares up on US$20M funding bid for Ontario cobalt refinery
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) said on Tuesday it has received a US$20 million investment proposal from an unnamed arm’s-length party, matching the funding amount it recently secured…
The Metals Company advances commercial-scale processing of deep-sea nodules
TMC and its partner PAMCO have produced approximately 500 tonnes of calcine during the first phase of a commercial-scale campaign.
Premium Nickel eyes 2025 prefeasibility at Selebi mine in Botswana
Results from infill drilling at Premium Nickel Resources’ (TSXV: PNRL) past-producing Selebi North mine in Botswana continues to build confidence, less than a month after the company posted an initial…
Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…