Deep Sea Minerals to list on Nasdaq
Deep Sea Minerals (CSE: SEAS; US-OTC: DSEAF) said it intends to list on Nasdaq exchange as part of its long-term growth strategy to secure a more diversified investor base. The…
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CHARTS: How the sulphuric acid crunch is driving up critical minerals costs
Conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have sent sulphuric acid prices soaring, sharply increasing production costs for lithium, nickel and other critical minerals…
Andina discovers third Piuquenes porphyry in Argentina
Andina Copper (TSXV: ANDC; US-OTC: ANDC) has discovered a third copper porphyry at Piuquenes North in Argentina’s San Juan province, sending shares higher. Visual logging of the cores from two…
Quad nations unveil $20B critical minerals plan
The Quad partner nations — United States, Japan, Australia and India — have released plans to invest $20 billion to further support the buildout of a reliable critical minerals supply…
Panama to release First Quantum copper mine audit
Panama plans to publish the final audit of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) shuttered copper mine on Friday as anti-mining protests re-emerge and expectations grow over the government’s next move…
Iran war squeezes acid, aluminium, miners’ margins: WoodMac report
The Iran war around the Strait of Hormuz is starting to hit miners far from the Persian Gulf, Wood Mackenzie warned on Wednesday. The conflict is choking sulphur shipments that…
Discovery Silver-backed Abitibi Metals drills 3.6% copper at B26 in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) has returned one of its strongest copper-gold intercepts yet at the B26 polymetallic project in western Quebec, as drilling continues to define higher-grade zones…
Fortescue Metals head defends zero emissions target
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) defended its plans to reach real zero carbon emissions across its Australian iron ore operations by 2030. “In the mining industry, we have been hammered for deployment of…
Colombia election could reshape copper investment
Colombia’s presidential election this weekend could determine whether one of Latin America’s most underexplored copper frontiers attracts billions in mining investment or sinks deeper into regulatory uncertainty and security turmoil….
Mining investor strategy pivots to growth stories from cash-makers: Canaccord
Sentiment across the mining sector remains broadly positive, with strong commodity prices, margins and free cash flow supporting a constructive outlook, Canaccord Genuity said after its fifth annual conference in…
BHP urged to assess rare earths at Olympic Dam
BHP (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) must assess whether rare earths and other critical minerals at its Olympic Dam mine complex can be commercially produced under a new agreement with South…
BC’s critical minerals push faces delivery test: PwC
British Columbia and the Yukon risk losing ground in the global critical minerals race unless they can accelerate mine construction, power infrastructure and permitting as demand shifts from commodity cycles…