Confusion and consternation on critical minerals
What started out as optimism two years ago when the federal government turned its eye to critical minerals, introducing a strategy, incentives and funding, and pledging faster permitting for mines,…
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Video: Mining faces cash crunch following decades of neglect, Grosskopf says
Undervaluation remains a persistent issue for mining companies, particularly juniors, compared to other sectors like technology and biotech, SCP Resource Finance chairman Peter Grosskopf said in an interview this month….
Controversial Japanese gold mine designated as UN heritage site
A Japanese gold mine that operated for four centuries but had a dark past of exploiting Korean labourers has been added to the UNESCO cultural heritage site list after Tokyo…
Fission deal key to Paladin Energy’s plan to help plug uranium supply gap
Just months after rejoining the uranium producers’ club with the March restart of its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia, Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN; US-OTC: PALAF) has set its sights on…
Video: ‘Big bang’ in commodity demand set to lift miners, Prins says
Global miners are set to benefit from rising needs for “real assets,” Nomi Prins, a macroeconomist and author of the newsletter PrInsights Global, says in a new interview. Global geopolitical…
Best resource investing bets for a Trump or Harris win
Since the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, there’s been a proliferation of ‘Trump Trade’ ideas circulating across the media. Up until last week, a Trump re-election…
‘We can raise more money in the Middle East,’ says junior that left Canada for UAE
The graphite junior that redomiciled to the United Arab Emirates to access funding amid Canada’s clampdown on Chinese investment in critical minerals says it’s the first junior to do so,…
From moonscapes to Edens: What to do with your hole in the ground when the mining’s done
Telling the stories of reinvented coal mining regions, regenerated communities and rebuilt ecosystems, a new book published this month – 102 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground…
USGS issues first earthquake risk study on commodities
Scientists with the United States Geographical Survey, a government research agency, have developed a new scientific assessment of how earthquakes threaten worldwide mineral commodity supplies. The methodology was developed…
Zambia, US, and Canada slowest for mine development: S&P Global
According to a new report by S&P Global, the United States has the second-longest lead times in the world for developing a new mine. Mines in the U.S. go from…
Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has appointed Katie Jackson, a former Shell executive, as the new head of the company’s copper division, based in London, U.K. Jackson,…
Montage Gold raises $180M from Zijin, Lundin for Koné project in West Africa
China’s Zijin Mining Group and the Lundin family are part of a $180 million capital raising to increase their stakes in Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) and advance its…