Zinc price jumps to 4-year high
Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply cuts tightened the physical market….
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Stillwater more than triples Montana resource
Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE; US-OTC: PGEZF) has established an initial indicated resource and more than tripled inferred tonnage at its Stillwater West project in Montana, sharply increasing its inventory…
Korea taps Glencore for copper with $1B loan deal
South Korea’s export credit agency will lend $1 billion to Glencore (LSE: GLEN) in exchange for copper supplies to Korean companies, securing access to a metal increasingly vital to artificial…
CHART: Mining stocks enjoy a $210-billion fortnight
So far in August the combined U.S. dollar market capitalization of the MINING.COM TOP 50 rose from $2.17 trillion to $2.38 trillion. That is $210 billion in seven sessions, three…
US investor group taps Glencore in bid for Sherritt
A U.S. investor group that includes Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is offering to recapitalize Sherritt International (TSX: S) and acquire control of the beleaguered miner whose survival is in doubt following…
Top 10 global miners: Zijin’s expansion pays off
Zijin Mining’s (SSE: 601899; SEHK: 2899) expansion strategy paid dividends as the Chinese miner topped global peers located outside North America and Australia for market capitalization. Attributable net income for 2025 jumped 62% to a…
US-backed Orion eyes stake in Tanzania nickel mine
A deal would help Lifezone finance the $940 million Kabanga project and advance US efforts to secure critical minerals.
Interactive infographic: Far North projects
Canada’s vast northern region hosts numerous large and high-grade mineral projects but they’re out of reach to miners until they’re connected to reliable roads. Our latest infographic looks at seven…
China question clouds Nunavut road-to-port plan
A Chinese state-backed miner owns the remote Izok Corridor in Nunavut, one of the richest zinc deposits in the world, and the Canadian government has provided some financing for the…
Generation Mining nears $1B copper project funding
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; US-OTC: GENMF) has assembled almost all its financing for the $1-billion capex Marathon copper-palladium project in northern Ontario. The $969 million total includes $200 million…
Ottawa eyes special status for Far North resource roads
The federal government is considering granting national interest status to the $2.67-billion Mackenzie Valley Highway and Grays Bay Road and Port initiative (GBRP), two northern transportation projects crucial to access…
Falco lifts Quebec gold-zinc project value to $3.3B
An updated feasibility study for Falco Resources’ (TSXV: FPC) Horne 5 polymetallic project in western Quebec more than triples the project’s value while the province said its environmental review is…