Copper price slides from record on Chinese stockpiles
The price of copper has slid from its record high after China’s real estate turmoil increased storage of the wiring and plumbing metal. A pound of copper was at US$4.376…
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Nations Royalty listing marks Indigenous milestone
The Frank Giustra-backed Nations Royalty (TSXV: NRC), which may be the country’s first Indigenous company to focus on production contracts like net smelter returns, joined the Toronto Venture exchange on…
B2Gold slashes Calibre stake
B2Gold (TSX: BTO, NYSE-A: BTG) has sold down its stake in Nicaragua producer Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) to less than 10%, citing market conditions and corporate strategy. The…
Mining some tales with… Eric Desaulniers
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month, we feature Eric Desaulniers, president and CEO…
SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has inked an earn-in agreement with battery anode and advanced materials company Talga Group (ASX: TLG) to jointly advance the Aero lithium…
South Star nears startup of the Americas’ first new graphite mine in over 25 years
South Star Battery Metals (TSXV: STS) is preparing to start production at its flagship Santa Cruz graphite mine in Bahia, Brazil, within weeks. The company announced this week that it has…
Agnico exits Quebec JV with Maple Gold, but keeps back-in option
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM; US-OTC: MGMLF) has consolidated ownership of the Douay and Joutel gold projects in southwestern Quebec after a restructuring ended its 50/50 joint venture with Agnico…
US lithium clay projects secure backing despite extraction hurdles
The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region. And even with tricky metallurgy to overcome and higher…
Barrick-backed Dakota Gold seeks Homestake-style lode
Dakota Gold (NYSE-A: DC) intersected more high-grade gold mineralization at the Maitland gold project in South Dakota showing similarities to the nearby former Homestake mine that produced 40 million oz….
EnergyX to build GM-offtake lithium plant in ‘Ark-La-Tex’
Privately-held Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) says it’s planning to build a processing plant, for its Chilean lithium with General Motors as an off-taker, in the “Ark-La-Tex” region where Arkansas, Louisiana…
M&A activity shows we’re far from a market top in commodities
There’s a long-held fable within investing circles that surging M&A activity can (at times) signal a market top. So, how does that come about? Just like regular investors, major corporate…
Ecuador to approve Mirador copper mine expansion by August
Ecuador is in the final steps of approving an expansion for the Mirador copper mine, run by the local unit of Chinese consortium CRCC-Tongguan, EcuaCorriente, BNamericas has reported. Diego Ocampo,…