Editorial: Cobalt positioned to enjoy strong year
In many eyes, cobalt is set to become an investor darling for 2018, and the recent royalty hike on cobalt production by the government of the world’s largest producer —…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
New Age options Manitoba projects to Azincourt
New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: PAWEF) is probably best known for its River Valley project near Sudbury in northwestern Ontario, now the largest undeveloped platinum group metals (PGM) project…
Lomiko approaches PEA at La Loutre graphite project
Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR) is trying to leverage the recent lithium boom without actually mining any lithium. It says it has found a backdoor into the lithium story, driven by…
China ‘tweaks’ nickel taxes to favour EVs, Wood Mackenzie says
In December, China made adjustments to import taxes on some nickel products that favour the production of electric vehicles (EVs). On Jan. 1, the import tax on nickel sulphate —…
Nemaska Lithium upsizes Whabouchi production plans
VANCOUVER — Quebec City-based Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) is thinking bigger at its development-stage Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit and chemical plant after what it calls a “considerable strengthening” in…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 87: Moly & vanadium, TNM cartoonist JK ft. MacLean Engineering
We’re getting you ready for mining conference season with updates on the biggest trends and hottest topics in the industry! This week Matt digs into the buzz around molybdenum (8:05)…
BMO raises moly price forecast
BMO Capital Markets analyst Colin Hamilton is raising his molybdenum price forecast to US$10.75 per lb. for 2018. “Having been stuck in a range of US$7 to US$9 per lb….
Vanadium a ‘metal to watch’ in 2018, Hallgarten’s Ecclestone says
Prices for vanadium — a minor metal traditionally used to strengthen steel, and more recently a key component in new battery technology that could store electricity from solar and wind…
TSX Venture in the black, Dec. 27-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 40.42 points to a 850.72-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$28.64 to US$1,302.8 per oz. gold on a weakening U.S. dollar. Comex copper…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 85: Happy Holidays commodity special ft. BMO & Major Drilling
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! Happy Holidays from The Northern Miner! We’re capping off a banner year with a bang in the Northern Miner podcast’s final episode of…
Friedland-backed Clean TeQ Holdings debuts on TSX
Clean TeQ Holdings (TSX: CLQ; ASX: CLQ), which owns the Sunrise project in Australia, one of the highest-grade and largest nickel-cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the highest-grade…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 84: A view from 30,000 feet, with ICMM & Hatch
This week we’re getting a global viewpoint courtesy of Tom Butler, the president and CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) (13:10). Matt sit downs with Tom…