VRIC 2023: Junior metals M&A to remain muted in 2023
Mining personality and resource speculator Rick Rule harbours little hope that the pace of junior resource sector mergers and acquisitions activity will quicken in the coming 12 months as quality…
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Weaker consumer confidence dents plug-in electric vehicle uptake, critical minerals briefing hears
Near-term macroeconomic conditions could slow the uptake of plug-in electric vehicles, but strong sales growth will persist through the medium term, an industry event heard this week in Vancouver. Capitalight…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
Barrick on the backfoot as FY22 output misses guidance
Despite a strong finish in the fourth quarter of 2022, Canada-domiciled Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) production fell to the lowest level in decades after missing full-year guidance on…
Exploration doyen Simon Ridgway comes full circle in the Yukon with Rackla Metals
With renewed interest in the discovery potential of the eastern Yukon and the western Northwest Territories, accomplished mineral explorer and mining financier Simon Ridgway Rackla Metals (TSXV: RAK) CEO is…
Analysts forecast a mixed bag for commodities amid global 2023 slowdown
Given the tumultuous past two years that saw global markets ebb and flow to extreme degrees, it’s perhaps no surprise that the only thing that’s certain about the 2023 outlook…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week of Nov. 4-10, 2022
Welcome to our weekly feature, TNM Drill Down, focusing on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
Cascading battery metal supply crunch to get serious from 2024, analysts forecast
Increasing consumption will outstrip the mining industry’s ability to ramp up supply, resulting in commodity deficits as early as 2024, a new analysis by S&P Global has found. The report,…
First Quantum posts disappointing Q3, revises guidance on Kansanshi struggles
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has reported considerably lower third-quarter financial results, citing margin compression because of a declining copper price, cost inflation, and challenged performance from its Kansanshi copper…
Los Andes Copper on track to deliver Vizcachitas prefeasibility by year-end, says CEO
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTCQX) is eager to restart drilling at the flagship Vizcachitas porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in Chile while it works in parallel to publish a pre-feasibility study…
Visualization: Lithium producers in ‘generational challenge’ to meet 2050 demand, finds BMI report
The world will need to produce 11.2 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) by 2050, or 20 times 2021 output, to meet growing demand from automakers and energy storage…
TSXV ekes out a gain in Oct. 3-7 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 13.89 points or 2.3% over the Oct. 3-7 trading session to end at 608.02, after reaching an intra-week high of 623.23 on Oct. 4….