Editorial: The money is already here
Despite a sharp escalation in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, global investors are already voting with their wallets ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sept. 14-15 investment summit in Toronto. Total…
Uranium
SW US CEO chat: Energy Fuels pivots to rare earths
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE-A: UUUU) is increasingly pinning its future on rare earths rather than uranium, with the Colorado‑based miner now expecting most of its earnings to come from…
Rio’s Barton joins Carney’s $1T investment drive
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) chair Dominic Barton to lead Invest in Canada’s board as Ottawa expands the federal agency’s role in attracting…
Copper price eases nears record
Copper traded above $14,800 per tonne on Monday– equivalent to about $6.72 per lb. – and was close to its record high. Traders took profits and reassessed the outlook for…
SW US: Anfield wants $50M for Utah mill
Developer Anfield Energy (TSXV, Nasdaq: AEC) will seek to raise at least $50 million (C$69.3 million) in financing over the coming months to refurbish and reopen Utah’s Shootaring Canyon mill –…
Atomic Eagle claws back Niger uranium project
Atomic Eagle (ASX: AEU) has regained control of its Madaouela project in Niger, two years after the government revoked the mining permit of predecessor company GoviEx Uranium amid a dispute…
Europe’s Russian uranium reliance grows, Sprott says
European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel increased in 2025 despite efforts to diversify its uranium supply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sprott Asset Management said in a new report this…
BHP’s new boss favours new builds over M&A
BHP (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) CEO Brandon Craig is prioritizing copper expansions over acquisitions, brushing aside speculation the mining giant could pursue uranium developer NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) as lofty…
YMP Scholarship Fund grows to $300,000
The Young Mining Professional’s Scholarship Fund has increased by a third to $300,000 (US$215,000) from last year as the industry’s leading companies reward strong students in mining disciplines across Canada….
DRC probes how uranium ‘leaked’ into cobalt exports
The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating uranium contamination in cobalt exports after researchers estimated that thousands of tonnes of the radioactive metal probably left the world’s largest cobalt-producing nation…
Top 10: Agnico, Barrick lead list of Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: NEM) leads the list of Canadian miners by market value at $79.5 billion (C$112.8 billion). Agnico runs the country’s largest mines by output: Canadian Malartic and Detour Lake. The…
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…