Top 10: BHP leads heavyweights Down Under
BHP Group (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) leads Australia’s biggest listed mining and metals companies by market value, while Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) posted the strongest fiscal 2025 profit. BHP was worth…
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Spotlight: Four companies advancing projects around the world
Junior exploration companies across the globe stand or fall on drill programs that could turn them into bigger stories. Here are four juniors with company-making discovery potential in proven mineral districts. Abitibi…
EMP moves toward production with Saskatchewan lithium demo plant build
Saskatchewan lithium brine developer EMP Metals (CSE: EMPS; US-OTC: EMPPF) has finished building the demonstration plant at its main Viewfield project, a key step that positions it among the province’s…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for its Clearwater lithium project. Facebook owner Meta…
Lithium sinks to five-month low amid 2027 glut fears
Lithium futures in China sank to a five-month low on Tuesday as expectations that a wave of restarted mines will tip the market back into oversupply next year overshadowed strong…
Altius raises C$182M after royalty buys
Altius Minerals (TSX: ALS; US-OTC: ATUSF) is raising $182 million (US$130 million) through a bought-deal share offering to strengthen its balance sheet following a series of royalty acquisitions. The St….
Codelco pushes Maricunga lithium project start to 2034
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco said on Wednesday it now expects production from its Maricunga lithium project to begin in 2034 — a four-year delay for one of the country’s…
Canada bets on digital hub to speed mine permitting
Canada is using a centralized digital platform to help accelerate reviews of major mining and infrastructure projects by giving regulators, companies, Indigenous communities and the public access to the same…
Creating mining districts could unlock billions: study
Mining companies could unlock billions in additional value by treating nearby operations as integrated mining districts rather than standalone assets, according to a study by GEM Mining Consulting. The firm’s…
E3 eyes financing for Canada’s largest lithium play
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF), whose total holdings represent Canada’s biggest lithium resource, plans to be shovel-ready, drive bank-led funding talks in earnest and reach a final investment decision by this time next year. The company is targeting first output by mid-2029 of 12,000 tonnes a year of battery-grade…
Consolidated Lithium gives Kwyjibo rare earths project a $1.4B value
Consolidated Lithium Metals (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: JORFF) put a $1.4-billion (US$987 million) after-tax net present value on its Kwyjibo rare earths project in Quebec, which hosts a resource made up…
Hyundai backs ioneer’s Nevada lithium-boron project
Shares in Australian lithium developer ioneer (ASX: INR) gained this week after securing support from two South Korean engineering and infrastructure groups for its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada, a…