Canada, France boost critical minerals cooperation
The governments of Canada and France have agreed to work on deepening their bilateral cooperation on critical minerals, the group of key metals and minerals necessary for the world to…
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Climate targets threatened by lack of mining investment: McKinsey
Soaring demand for metals and minerals needed to achieve a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030, paired with low commodity prices driving investors and mining firms to cut spending…
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals bids to build copper mine in Zambia within 10 years
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, said on Monday that it aims to open a new copper-cobalt mine in Zambia within 10…
Navigating the deep: The Metals Company eyes late 2025 ocean mining start
In the dark waters of the abyssal plain between Mexico and Hawaii lies the expansive Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ), where Canadian outfit The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) plans to pioneer…
Giga’s Turnagain nickel project in BC may depend on batteries boosting metal price
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA; US-OTC: HNCKF) has issued a prefeasibility study for its Turnagain nickel project in northern British Columbia showing it will need stronger metal prices to increase profitability. Turnagain, a…
Silver and PGMs snapshot: Eight firms seeking the green energy metals
Rising demand for critical minerals for electric vehicles, stricter emission standards for gasoline-driven engines; and a global shift toward greener energy including silver-intensive solar panels are driving exploration for platinum…
Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…
Industry council strives to cut emissions with new guidelines
Mining’s top industry group with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) among its members has published a framework for companies…
FPX Nickel sees profitable US$2.2B-capex Baptiste nickel project in BC
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) says its Baptiste nickel project in central British Columbia would cost at least US$2.2 billion to build and still be a high-margin supplier of battery metals or…
JV Article: Archer’s Grasset nickel deposit is getting its ‘day in the sun’
A multi-million-tonne nickel sulphide deposit discovered more than 10 years ago in the northern Abitibi region of Quebec is receiving fresh scrutiny from Archer Exploration (CSE: RCHR; US-OTC: RCHRF), the…
Lifezone reports strong results at Kabanga nickel project ahead of feasibility
Recently listed Lifezone Metals (NYSE: LZM), which is 17% held by mega-miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), has reported high-grade results from its completed infill drilling program at…
Top investors seek damages from Glencore over prospectus claims
Swiss trader and miner giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has been accused by a group formed by some of the world’s biggest asset managers of hiding its corrupt activities through misleading…