CleanTeq signs offtake agreement with Chinese company
Robert Friedland, co-chairman of CleanTeq Holdings (ASX: CLQ) and a major shareholder, with 16% of the company’s outstanding shares, has signed an offtake deal with a Chinese company to supply…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Editorial: Ontario gov’t to fund road to Ring of Fire, nearby First Nations
It’s the first bit of genuinely good news about Ontario’s Ring of Fire mineral district in five years: the Ontario government has pledged “support” and provincial funding to build two…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 71: The commodity forecast special
Matt’s back in studio this week with a forward-looking show on commodity price forecasts and analyst reviews. We’re talking base and precious metals, and will touch on the recent broad…
TSX breaks 15,000 level, Aug. 21-25
The S&P/TSX Composite Index broke the 15,000 level, finishing 0.69% higher at 15,055.99. Base metal prices — copper climbed above US$3 per lb. for the first time since 2011, while…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 70: The unabridged Robert Friedland session
This week we’re running a full interview session with mining legend Robert Friedland, who received The Northern Miner‘s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London, U.K., in…
Pala sets up new tech metals fund
Over the last decade, Pala Investments has invested across a range of metals, including cobalt, lithium, rare earths, tin, nickel and copper. More recent investments include the $200-million public offering…
Snapshot: Seven juniors hunting for battery minerals
The boom in electric vehicle manufacturing has translated into a lively subsector of junior explorers scouring the world for new deposits of lithium, cobalt, graphite and other minerals suited for…
TSX Venture falls, June 26-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 10.51 points, to a 766.74-point close, as spot gold prices hit eight-week lows, falling US$15.10 to US$1,241.61 per oz., . More demand…
Commentary: Battery makers want more from specialty mineral miners
Metals and minerals for rechargeable batteries are in the spotlight as projections of rapidly increasing demand indicate future supply shortages. Over the next 10 years, demand for lithium and cobalt…
Pure Energy unveils PEA for Clayton Valley lithium
VANCOUVER — Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV: PE; US-OTC: PEMIF) hopes to start construction on a lithium hydroxide operation at its Clayton Valley project in Nevada by 2019. On June 26, the…
Rising battery demand drives allure of technology minerals
Interest in technology metals and minerals has surged in recent years along with growth in the market for electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries used to power electric vehicles need chemicals…
Nemaska Lithium’s Whabouchi could produce for 26 years
Since Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) completed an updated feasibility study in April last year on its Whabouchi hard-rock lithium deposit in Quebec and the chemical plant it will…