PDAC: Canada must build processing now, panelists say
Canada has a historic opportunity to build new processing facilities in the country as modern mines get developed amid a global resource boom, attendees were told at the Prospectors and…
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Spotlight: Global Battery Metals 1
With structural market deficits projected to grow for most battery metals over the next decade, companies are scrambling to find and build more supply. Here are four companies with significant…
PDAC: Ottawa sprinkles cash across 30 projects
Canada announced as much as $17 million each for 30 mining projects on Monday as another round of support linked to a Group of Seven critical minerals initiative. The funding…
Graphite projects outside China face long road
Developers in Canada, Africa and Australia are advancing a new wave of graphite projects aimed at supplying the battery sector even as prices and long development timelines test the economics…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Spotlight: Energy Transition Metals – Part 2
Energy transition metals have never been as critical as they are today. Here’s a look at four more companies seeking to reduce North America’s reliance on critical minerals from China by building domestic supply…
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…
Titan starts graphite output in New York
Titan Mining (TSX: TI; NYSE-A: TII), a zinc producer in upstate New York, has commenced graphite concentrate production at its Kilbourne demonstration plant. The fully permitted 1,200-tonne-per-year pilot complex is…
Federal bank has billions to back mining projects
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank, a government lender with $18 billion supporting development across Canada, is pivoting from base metals and gold to critical minerals with financing for Torngat Metals’ Strange…