Nouveau Monde plans all-electric mine in Quebec
Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU) wants to build an all-electric, open-pit mine that will have a carbon neutral footprint at its Matawinie project in Quebec, 120 km north of Montreal. A…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 99: Rusal sanctions sow chaos in aluminum markets
This episode is all about base metals, with the latest developments in iron ore, copper and zinc. But the biggest news of all is the imposition of sanctions by the…
Orefinders acquires Abitibi property, spins out others
Orefinders Resources (TSXV: ORX) has acquired the past-producing underground McGarry gold mine and surrounding property in Ontario’s portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt. The company is focused on acquiring and…
Is tin the top technology metal?
Rob Bruggeman, a former research analyst with more than a decade of experience at a boutique brokerage firm and a large bank-owned proprietary trading desk on Bay Street, has been…
Cobalt Blockchain tries new business model in DRC
Cobalt Blockchain (TSXV: COBC) is trying something new. The company wants to “ethically source” artisanally mined cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and at the same time…
US markets fall, March 19-23
Gold rose 2.5% to close at US$1,346.8 during a poor week for U.S. markets. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 3.5% to 81.5, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Global exploration spending on the rebound, study finds
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Exploration Trends report, released by S&P Global Market Intelligence. To see the full report, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence. Things are looking up for…
First Cobalt to acquire US Cobalt and its Iron Creek project in Idaho
The proposed acquisition of a junior explorer with a cobalt project in Idaho will give Canada-focused First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) a footprint in the U.S. and burnish its…
Editorial: New DRC tax rates chasten foreign miners
In the mining world there’s no better epitome of a high-reward, high-risk jurisdiction than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with its array of superb mineral deposits, but a…
TSX Venture Exchange inches higher, March 5-9
After rising as many as 24 points midway through the trading week, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index levelled off at 828.9 — a 0.35% gain over the previous week. Shares…
Tianqi to build world’s largest spodumene converter
Tianqi Lithium Australia, a subsidiary of China’s Tianqi Lithium, has started building a state-of-the-art spodumene converter that will produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Kwinana, Western Australia. Initial production is expected…
Commentary: Apple and the vertical transformation of mining
In early February, Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. was in direct talks with an undisclosed mining company to secure long-term cobalt supplies to support the mounting demands of the company’s…