Spotlight: Global Exploration 1
Exploration is the lifeblood of the world’s metal supply but economic deposits are becoming harder to find and sometimes even harder to exploit. Here’s a look at four companies determined to find the mines we need…
Europe
Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
RANKED: Top 10 gold miners of 2025
Gold grabbed the spotlight in 2025 after a run that saw prices hit a record more than 50 times. By end of the year, bullion was up by around 65%,…
Nevada tops Fraser survey as Ontario, Saskatchewan rise
Nevada has dislodged Finland as the best jurisdiction for mining investment globally while two Canadian provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – have climbed into the top three, a new survey…
JV video: District Metals readies Viken study as Sweden reopens uranium
District Metals (TSX-V: DMX; US-OTC: DMXCF; Nasdaq: DMXSE SDB) is positioning its Viken project in central Sweden as a potential domestic supply option after the country’s uranium ban was lifted…
Anglo posts $3.7B loss on fresh De Beers writedown
Impairment reduces De Beers’ value, bringing total writedowns for the diamond unit to $6.8 billion in 2025.
Glencore doubles down on copper, keeps M&A in play
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is stepping up its copper ambitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and beyond, even as it posted a third straight annual earnings decline, while keeping the…
CHART: EV battery metals index jumps to 27-month high
December’s raw materials bill for global electric vehicles topped $2 billion for the first time since August 2023 and surging lithium, nickel prices going into 2026 puts battery metals slump…
Bullion rally has legs, Scotiabank says
Sustained central bank buying, heightened geopolitical uncertainty and rising investor flows into exchange traded funds are some of the main factors that could keep propelling gold higher over the coming…
Ex-prince suggested uranium plays to Epstein: BBC
A confidential U.K. government briefing forwarded by former trade envoy Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 highlighted uranium among several “high value” mineral opportunities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according…
JP Morgan sees $5.50 copper, deficit worsening
J.P. Morgan has raised its long-term copper price forecast by 9.1% due to widening structural supply deficits and sharply higher capital costs that will require massive investment in new mine…
Uranium market gathers momentum in 2026: Sprott
The global uranium market entered 2026 with strong momentum, with spot prices surging by about a quarter in January to above $100 per lb. for the first time in two…