First-pass drilling at Inomin Mines’ (TSXV: MINE) Lynx block in central British Columbia cut 420 metres of near-surface nickel-magnesium mineralization, marking a second discovery area 10 km south of Beaver….
A proposed West High Yield Resources (TSXV: WHY) magnesium mine in British Columbia remains stuck in limbo due to the objections of a U.S.-based Indigenous group. B.C.’s Court of Appeals…
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
According to the USGS, gallium prices could increase by more than 150% and germanium prices by 26% in the event of a total ban.
Inomin Mines (TSXV: MINE) is partnering with Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining to advance the Beaver-Lynx project into what it says could be a major nickel source in British Columbia’s gold-mining…
Verde Magnesium plans to invest US$1 billion in Romania as the country’s government has granted it the go-ahead to bring back to life a disused mine, shut down in 2014….
Without adequate supplies of battery metals, the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 cannot be reached. Here are eight companies who are on the hunt for the metals in…
The EU published its proposed Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) on Mar. 16, with the ambitious goal of “establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical…
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released the final list of 50 critical minerals the domestic economy requires for economic and national security. The new list builds on the initial…
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…
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, recently published the second edition of the Australian Critical…
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…