How humanity’s conquest of space will depend on mining lunar water
With an eye to exploring Mars and beyond, space agencies worldwide are looking to mining to supply water, fuel and oxygen needed to send astronauts on longer missions. The target?…
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Denison pushes ahead with Midwest uranium ISR study
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) has received the thumbs up from the Midwest Joint Venture (MWJV) to complete more in-situ recovery (ISR) evaluation work at its 25.17% owned Midwest…
General Motors to invest US$50M in lithium startup EnergyX
General Motors’ venture capital arm will lead a US$50 million financing round for EnergyX, which is developing a more efficient method to extract lithium from salt beds. According to company…
BofA turns bearish on lithium
New lithium supplies coming to market from at least six new projects in the next six months will exacerbate the price pressures the battery-making ingredient has been grappling with the…
Video: How Arca uses mine waste rock to lock-in atmospheric carbon
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl interviews Greg Dipple, head of science for carbon capture and sequestration company Arca during the recent PDAC convention in Toronto. Dipple explains the company’s…
Video: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies is making mine processing greener
Dundee Sustainable Technologies president and CEO Jean-Philippe Mai tells Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl about the company’s innovative and environmentally friendly processing technologies during the recent PDAC convention in…
Video: Skeena charges ahead with high-grade Eskay Creek gold development
TNM Senior Staff Reporter Colin McClelland interviewed Skeena Resources’ president and CEO, Randy Reichert, during the recent PDAC convention in Toronto. Reichert outlined the company’s development plans for the cornerstone…
Biden soothes Canada’s fears of being crushed by US clean energy push
It can be easy to take a partnership between Canada and the United States as a given,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the House of Commons on Mar. 24 on his…
Site visit: Calibre presses pedal to the metal in Nicaragua despite the Ortega tinge
In the smothering 35° Celsius dry heat in the shadow of no fewer than 19 active volcanoes, Canadian outfit Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) is accelerating gold production growth…
Video: Why mining is about to hit the decarbonization ‘tipping point’
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl talked to Mark Fellows, director and cofounder of Skarn Associates, about the mining sector’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions during the PDAC convention in…
Video: Patricia Mohr outlines Canada’s key advantages in the critical minerals space
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl spoke with economist, founder of the publication Critical Metals for a Sustainable World, and former vice-president with Scotiabank, Patricia Mohr at PDAC 2023 in…
Video: SRK Consulting’s Jeff Parshley on the social side of mine closure
The Northern Miner caught up with the world’s biggest mining technical consulting group SRK Consulting at PDAC in Toronto in March 2023. Tamer Elbokl, Editor-in-Chief of TNM sister publication Canadian…