Gates-backed firm ties up with Bluejay on battery metals quest
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, will pay $15m in exploration funding for project in Greenland
Nickel
BHP to expand nickel operations to meet soaring demand
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) will make a final investment decision on a major expansion of the processing plant at its Mt. Keith nickel mine in Western Australia…
Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire Eramet’s Sandouville nickel processing facility in France
In its second acquisition in the battery metals space in six months, Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW), one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum, palladium and rhodium and its third-largest…
Bluejay Mining to sell projects in Finland for $7m
It has agreed to sell its Paltamo and Rautavaara nickel, zinc, copper and cobalt projects to battery metals miner Metals One.
Top Australian capital raises seek to create mining value
Australia-headquartered miners have been tapping the capital markets in the year to July 14 to raise a total of US$2.33 billion in capital, according to an analysis by the Northern…
Battle for Noront heats up with BHP’s US$258 million bid
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has offered $325 million (US$258.45 million) for Canadian nickel miner Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), trumping a bid by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s…
US markets rise, July 19-23
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.08% to finish the week at 35,061.55 and the S&P 500 climbed 1.96%% to 4,411.79. Spot gold dropped US$10.00 per oz., or 0.55%, to US$1,802.20…
Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up
The world is at the start of an exponential upswing in demand for the suite of technology metals as a global top-down push for the energy revolution accelerates, Ryan Castilloux,…
Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going…
KPMG report shows industry optimism around ‘green’ metals, but flags ESG risks
As the world transitions to clean energy, rising demand for “green” metals is contributing to renewed optimism in the growth prospects for Canada’s mining industry, according to a KPMG in…
Clean Air Metals reports new assays from Thunder Bay North project
Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR) has released new assay results from its flagship Thunder Bay North (TBN) asset, a platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project in northwestern Ontario, about 50…
Giga Metals advances Turnagain toward 2022 PFS
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA) has begun a 2021 work program at the Turnagain nickel-cobalt project, located in north-central British Columbia. Archaeological and wildlife surveys are underway and resource drilling has…