Greenland-focused Greenroc IPOs on the AIM
On Monday, the ordinary shares of GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) started trading on London’s junior AIM platform. The explorer seeks to capitalize on the growing demand for critical minerals its…
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Universities collaborate to kickstart Australia’s critical mineral future
A new collaboration between Curtin University and The Australian National University (ANU) aims at helping Australian miners better identify, characterize and extract critical minerals to ensure the long-term viability of…
US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report. The figure was about US$1.5…
Developing a market for scandium oxide
If you blinked you might have missed the news last week but it was extraordinary: Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) and the Quebec government announced they are building a…
‘Miners have to dare if they’re going to succeed’ says panel at Remote Roundup
The first day of the Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Remote Roundup featured a government industry forum that brought together industry experts from across Canada and, for the first time,…
USA Rare Earth outlines domestic mine-to-magnet strategy
Since founding privately held USA Rare Earth three years ago, Pini Althaus has focused on turning his vision of creating a secure supply of rare earth elements in the United…
Demand for energy metals “will be massive” Glencore CEO says
At Glencore’s Investor Day in early December, CEO Ivan Glasenberg kicked off his presentation by talking about how the commodities giant is “steering a Paris Agreement alignment strategy while meeting…
Scotiabank’s Marc Desormeaux looks at 2021 and the continuing impact of Covid-19 on metals markets
For Scotiabank senior economist Marc Desormeaux, forecasting what the 2021 global commodity markets will be like, especially for industrial metals, is heavily predicated on the ability of nations to respond…
Gold rally lifts top 50 mining stocks above US$1T for first time
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry recovering from its Covid-19 slump and moving into positive territory for the fourth quarter…
K+S sells Americas salt business for US$3.2B
German fertilizer producer K+S AG has sold its Americas salt unit to the Kissner Group for US$3.2 billion, a move that would provide the company with funds to pay down…
Top 10 US-based mid-tiers to juniors, excluding coal and precious metals
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, U.S.-based mid-tier to junior companies, excluding coal and precious metals, by market capitalization, as of July 24, 2020. 1. Compass Minerals Market cap: US$1.8 billion Compass…
Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors developing next generation metals
While mining is best known for supplying the world with precious and base metals, technology metals – such as lithium, cobalt and transition metals – are needed for advanced applications,…