Manganese X secures $2M investment from Sprott
Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN) has secured a $2-million investment from Canadian mining billionaire Eric Sprott to support its Battery Hill project in New Brunswick. Shares of the manganese developer…
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Supply shortage looms for critical battery raw materials by 2030: McKinsey
Vehicle and battery makers are “likely to confront persistent long-term challenges” in keeping up with demand by the end of the decade, according to a new report by McKinsey &…
Adamas EV metals data show varying demand
METHODOLOGY: To produce the most accurate and granular results, Adamas Intelligence analysis is based on retail end-user EV registrations covering more than 110 countries, and over 180 automakers and nearly…
YMP Scholarship: Mining industry must narrow talent gap by spotlighting roles in green transition
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Mining is perhaps more crucial today than at any other point in human…
RANKED: Top 20 automakers by EV battery metal spending
While the global electric car market has certainly slowed down from the rapid growth of the last few years, particularly in Europe, year to date unit sales (including plug-in and…
Mining CEO salaries rise, but gender diversity remains elusive, Bedford report finds
Chief executive base salaries in the mining industry increased between 2% and 12% in 2023, according to the Bedford Group/TRANSEARCH’s 2024 Board and Executive Compensation Report. Companies with assets under…
Exploration spending to stay flat despite Trump pledges, strong gold prices, S&P says
The amount spent to find new mineral sources may grow little next year, even if gold prices continue their record run and President-elect Donald Trump cuts red tape, according to…
How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust
Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining industry with a costly problem. It’s one Guy Desharnais, Osisko Gold Royalties’ (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) vice-president for project evaluation,…
CHART: Global mining and metals – a reality check
A new report by McKinsey’s energy and materials practice outlines a global mining and metals industry emerging from a few years of boom and bust and price fluctuations the consulting…
South32 tapped for US$166M funding for Arizona manganese plant
South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) says its Hermosa project in Arizona has been tapped for a United States government grant of up to US$166 million, part of U.S. energy department…
Euro Manganese signs on US chemical firm as offtake partner
Euro Manganese (TSXV, ASX: EMN) says it’s gained its second off-take agreement in a week for the Chvaletice project in Czechia, the European Union’s sole large resource of the battery metal….
Canada imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel to boost mining sector
Canada on Monday introduced weighty tariffs on steel, aluminum and electric vehicle (EV) imports from China in a move the government said will protect the mining sector and domestic jobs…