Moonshot puts global metals scramble on display
Artemis II is set to lift off tomorrow, spotlighting the geopolitical race for the metals behind modern spaceflight. The flight around the Moon, without landing, will carry astronauts aboard the…
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PDAC Video: Mining’s real gap is productivity, McKinsey partner says
Mining can likely raise the $4.6 trillion (C$7 trillion) it needs to meet energy transition metals demand by 2035, but weak productivity may prove a hard barrier to cross, McKinsey…
Blackrock Silver lifts Tonopah West value by a third to $437M in Nevada’s top tier
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Blackrock Silver’s (TSXV: BRC; US-OTC: BKRRF) Tonopah West project in Nevada lifts its value by one-third while more than doubling contained silver. Shares…
EXIM nears decision on $2.7B for Perpetua antimony site
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq, TSX: PPTA) says the proposed multi-billion-dollar loan earmarked by the U.S. export credit agency for its main gold-antimony project in Idaho has now entered its final approval…
Fireweed nets $61.5M to advance zinc, tungsten projects
Fireweed Metals’ (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) remote critical metals projects in Canada’s Far North are gaining increasing strategic and industrial backing as it receives a $61.5-million (US$44.1-million) investment to help…
Americas Gold & Silver sees 30% output rise this year
Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE American: USAS) predicts production will climb about 30% this year on the back of rising output from its Galena complex in Idaho and…
Crescat knocks Canada’s flow-through funds as ‘blight’ on juniors
Canada’s flow-through share tax incentives, beloved by many in the mining industry, are facing sharp criticism from Denver-based Crescat Capital, one of the junior market’s biggest specialist hedge funds. That…
TMC pushes US seafloor mining hub as loss widens
Deep-sea mining hopeful The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) reported a wider annual loss for 2025 as it advanced plans for a United States-based polymetallic nodule processing hub and took steps to…
Opinion: Why are commodities rising all at once?
It started with gold. Then silver. Then platinum. Then copper, aluminum, uranium, and zinc have all followed too. And now it’s the laggards. Oil, gas, and coal. Is the global economy playing…
US agency to buy 20% stake in graphite miner Syrah
The United States International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) plans a strategic investment in Australia’s Syrah Resources (ASX: SYR), which owns Louisiana’s Vidalia active anode material facility and Mozambique’s Balama graphite…
RANKED: World’s top 20 largest gold mines
Gold grabbed the spotlight in 2025 as rising global trade tensions and accelerated central bank buying propelled the metal by more than 60%. Its rise continued into 2026, with prices…
Gold slump tied to crunch, not fundamentals: Sprott
Gold’s March selloff is being driven by a global liquidity squeeze and disrupted reserve flows, not weakening fundamentals, according to Sprott strategist Paul Wong. Prices have fallen to about $4,400…