Demand for green metals from recycling expected to grow – report
As the ESG spotlight shifts onto the mining and metals sector, there is increased interest in recycling as a source of green metals, a recent report by White & Case…
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China drags down entire industrials metals complex – Fitch report
Analysts expect slowing Chinese GDP growth to weigh on most metals prices in the near term. However, they also note strong fundamentals providing optimism for metal prices to see some…
Commodity price spikes could signal lasting market changes – report
Market analyst Wood Mackenzie warns that the ongoing metals and mined commodity price spikes, combined with heightened geopolitical tension, could result in long-lasting market changes. In recent months, factors including…
The View from England: Europe’s galactic mining goals
An asteroid is heading towards Earth, but it is good news for miners and Luxembourg stands ready to help. On August 11, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office provided an update…
Top Ten U.S. miners
Mining in the United States has played a significant role in the country’s development. The Northern Miner presents its annual top-ten list of the largest U.S.-based mining companies ranked by market capitalization,…
Cleveland-Cliffs’ record Q2 results marred by earnings miss
Fully integrated US-based steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs has reported record operating and financial results for the quarter ended June, but earnings missed analyst expectations, sending the New York-quoted stock nearly 8%…
Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells
A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States have designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon and…
Rio Tinto taps finance head as new CEO
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has named finance head Jakob Stausholm as its next chief executive, replacing incumbent Jean-Sébastien Jacques who had to step down following an…
Canada Nickel signs unique agreement with First Nation at Crawford project
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) is partnering with the Taykwa Tagamou First Nation to develop electric power for its Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project in Ontario’s Timmins-Cochrane mining camp….
Champion Iron to acquire Kami out of Alderon restructuring
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA) plans to acquire the Kamistitusset iron ore project in southwest Newfoundland – only a few kilometres away from its Bloom Lake mine – out of a…
VanadiumCorp says Lac Dore is ‘one of the largest and highest-grade vanadium resources in North America’
VanadiumCorp Resource (TSXV: VRB; US-OTC: APAFF) has released the first resource estimate for the Main zone at its wholly-owned Lac Dore vanadium project in northern Quebec, 27 km east-southeast of Chibougamau….