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…
The view from England: Unfortunate alliances by mining leaders
Just brilliant! The mining industry is in urgent need of redemption but, at conferences in January, mining executives have aligned themselves with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and an…
The view from England: Space rocks and rockets, the final frontier
Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching the extra-terrestrial or the extra-terrestrial reaching us. We experienced a taste of the former on Jan. 9, when the U.K….
Arkle Resources finds lithium in Ireland
Diversified explorer Arkle Resources (AIM:ARK) said on Thursday it had found lithium bearing pegmatites at its Mine River Block gold project in southeastern Ireland. Of 34 rock chip samples taken…
Europe’s largest rare earths deposit found in Sweden
Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB said it has found Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earths close to Kiruna, the country’s northernmost town. The Per Geijer deposit, just north of the…
Five trends that defined 2022
The Northern Miner has put together a list of five trends we believe encapsulate the drama of 2022. 1 Geopolitical ‘curveballs’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly the biggest geopolitical…
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023
To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly…
TSX gains 2% in year’s first trading week
Markets got off to a good start in 2023 with the S&P/TSX Composite Index rising 429.59 points or 2.2% to finish the holiday shortened Jan. 3-6 trading week at 19,814.51….
Take The Northern Miner’s 2022 news quiz
From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to stubbornly high inflation, and an unrelenting focus on reshoring critical minerals supply chains, last year was full of twists and turns for miners. Were…
The View from England: When copper production was dominated by the Welsh
The U.K. no longer springs to mind as a mining giant, but we used to have a dominant role in the global industry. The extraction of non-ferrous metals on these…
CleanTech Lithium touts potential of Chile project
Initial drilling results from CleanTech Lithium‘s (AIM: CTL) Laguna Verde project in northern Chile suggest it could become a major supplier of battery grade lithium to European and U.S. markets. The U.K.-based exploration and…