US boosts potash projects in Utah, Michigan
Privately-held Michigan Potash & Salt and Utah-focused Peak Minerals have two of the most advanced potash projects in the United States as the Trump administration pumps money and permits into…
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What 2026 holds for mining investors: Sprott
Critical minerals dominated headlines in 2025 as vulnerabilities across their supply chains became increasingly apparent amid rising global trade tensions. At the same time, precious metals—gold and silver—both raced to…
Silver market deficit due all year: Fitch’s BMI
Industrial and retail demand for silver through last year into January pushed prices over $90 an oz. for the first time in history as it outperformed gold, the go-to safe-haven…
First Quantum to process copper stockpile in Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) welcomed Panama President Jose Raul Mulino’s plan to allow the removal and processing of stockpiled ore at its shuttered Cobre Panama copper mine, calling it a…
Water pollution risk from Mt Milligan: First Nation
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is accusing the British Columbia government of weak oversight at Centerra Gold’s (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) Mount Milligan mine by changing approvals after the operation…
Kinross greenlights three U.S. builds for 3M oz
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has approved three U.S. growth projects designed to add about 3 million oz. between 2028 and 2038. The additions will keep total output around…
Orla to start South Railroad gold project build this year
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) said it will kick off construction at its South Railroad gold project in Nevada after an updated feasibility study showed costs doubled in three…
Fireweed’s Macpass hole suggests thick zinc zone
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) says new assays expand zinc mineralization on top of a thicker zone at its Macpass zinc project in Yukon, one of the country’s largest…
Northern Graphite to build $200M Saudi plant
Northern Graphite (TSX-V: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) agreed with family-controlled Saudi Arabian conglomerate Al Obeikan Group for Investment to jointly build and run a battery material plant in the kingdom after the Canadian…
Police arrest ‘top dog’ in Canada’s largest gold heist
The mastermind of the $20-million (US$14.8-million then) gold theft at Toronto Pearson International Airport nearly three years ago turned himself in to police this week after flying in from Dubai. …
F3 Uranium drilling raises profile of Broach target
Drilling at F3 Uranium’s (TSV: FUU; US-OTC: FUUFF) Tetra zone inside its Broach target in Saskatchewan has more than doubled the mineralized strike length, with initial radiation readings – as…
Ranked: Southern Copper knocks Rio from No. 2 spot
Global mining started 2026 the way it ended 2025 – with a huge rally. Gold now looks to have $5,000 in sight, silver’s wild swings are getting wilder, and copper…