S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index tumbles more than 5% in June 27-July 1 trading week
Over the June 27 to July 1 trading week, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 35.1 points or 5.38%, to end at 617.26. Among the top gainers in terms of…
Metals and Minerals Markets
Canada’s Top Ten miners by market cap
Canada contains vast mineral resources and is considered a tier one mining jurisdiction with a skilled workforce and robust regulatory environment. Canadian mining companies are leaders in the exploration and…
JV Article: US Copper aims to develop Moonlight-Superior in California into a major new source of copper
Copper is pivotal to the global transition to a clean energy future. The red metal is an essential ingredient for the electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage systems, and renewable energy…
Global Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal
Copper is essential for the global shift towards decarbonization. However, declining ore quality, mine closures, and the absence of additional investment in new copper supplies could lead to a significant…
JV Article: Argentina Lithium & Energy aims to make new lithium brine discovery at Rincon West in Argentina
Canadian explorer Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSXV: LIT; US-OTC: PNXLF) aims to advance new sources of high-quality lithium in Argentina to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies powered by lithium-ion…
JV Article: Golden Arrow Resources aims to advance its flagship San Pietro project in Chile
Canadian explorer Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) holds a portfolio of precious and base metal projects in Argentina and Chile. Golden Arrow is part of the Grosso Group of companies,…
Post-pandemic demand, Russia-driven supply troubles buoy copper price outlook
Analysts expect historically high prices for copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, steel, and other base and precious metals to benefit miners in the year’s second half. Credit rating agency Moody’s Investors…
Glencore trading profit poised for best-ever year
Glencore (LON: GLEN) said on Friday that the first-half year profit from its commodities trading unit is on track to achieve its annual earnings target in the first six months…
Multi-stakeholder collaboration needed to rise to meet the battery metal boom
For investors and companies involved in the extraction industries, it has been impossible to ignore the meteoric rise of battery materials in recent years. Over the course of 2021, cobalt…
PDAC 2022: NWT leaders ask Ottawa to help with infrastructure to benefit mining
In the Northwest Territories, infrastructure that lags behind southern Canada is limiting the potential of the territory’s mining development and increasing its costs as well, said leaders of the N.W.T….
Salazar, Adventus earmark $270m for Ecuador copper-gold project
Canada’s Adventus Mining (TSX-V: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSX-V: SRL) have reached a preliminary investment protection agreement (IPA) with Ecuador’s government for their Curipamba-El Domo copper and gold project. As part of…
Wandering in the wilderness with gold and silver
These are bewildering times. The state of the economy seems more up in the air than usual. Some say a recession is already upon us. Others that one will come…