Site visit: Titanium, vanadium light up Saga’s Radar in Labrador
Cartwright, Labrador – Over the past several months, the sounds of trucks, ATVs and drill rigs have broken the silence among thick forests in a remote eastern corner of Labrador…
Rio Tinto
Talon drops plan to build North Dakota mill for Tamarack
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO)-backed developer Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; OTC: TLOFF) has dropped plans to build a mill in North Dakota to process ore from its…
Copper price, miners slide on Trump tariff doubts
Copper prices and U.S. miners plunged Thursday after Reuters reported the White House still hasn’t decided whether to impose tariffs on refined copper as officials weigh support for domestic production…
SW US Spotlight 2: Rio, Teck, Newmont back juniors
Three major miners are backing junior explorers advancing copper projects in the U.S. Southwest, while a fourth company is pushing to become a domestic antimony and gold producer. Teck Resources…
Rio Tinto buys Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore, Mitsubishi
The deal comes as Rio Tinto looks to end operations at its Gove bauxite mine in Australia’s Northern Territory by 2030.
Site visit: Saga races to define Labrador rare earths find
Northeast Labrador – In a small, treeless valley in remote Labrador, a camp of white tents is abuzz with activity as people scurry around to support the larger effort of exploring…
Baowu eyes stake in BHP’s Jimblebar mine: Reuters
China Baowu Steel Group is exploring an investment in BHP’s (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) Jimblebar iron ore operation in Western Australia, according to people familiar with the discussions cited by…
SW US mine rush collides with water limits
Washington’s push to mine more copper and lithium in the U.S. Southwest is running into a harder limit than permitting: whether projects can secure enough water to operate for decades…
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…
Drone wars deepen West’s critical minerals squeeze
Drones deployed in the Russia-Ukraine war account for an estimated 4% of global germanium demand, adding pressure to a small critical minerals market dominated by China, according to BMO Capital…
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…
Scandium Canada hits long runs as it preps update
Drill results from Scandium Canada’s (TSXV: SCD) Crater Lake project in northern Quebec have returned assays as strong as 13.4 metres grading 315 parts per million (ppm) scandium, as the…