Agnico Eagle invests $23M for 12% of Canada Nickel
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), the largest gold producer in Canada, has acquired a stake of Canada Nickel Co. (TSXV: CNC; OTCQX: CNIKF) as the junior advances its…
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Vale’s ex-president seeks to avoid trial for Brumadinho dam failure
Former Vale (NYSE: VALE) president Fábio Schvartsman may avoid trial for the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse that killed more than 250 people in Brazil in 2019. The executive’s defence team…
Anglo American’s falling shares fuel takeover rumours
Speculation about Anglo American (LSE: AAL) becoming the target of a takeover by a rival or a private equity firm keeps mounting, as shares in the diversified miner continue to…
Anglo American shares drop on South Africa challenges, production cut
Shares hit their lowest point since March 2020 after the miner unveiled plans to drastically cut the amount of commodities it mines.
Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study
Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, posing risks to some of the earth’s most precious species and landscapes. A recent…
Vale expands production capacity at Salobo copper mine
Brazil-based mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has announced that its Salobo mine has reached a capacity of 32 million tonnes per year after completing a successful throughput test for the…
Baffinland wins output hike after larger plan blocked
Canada has approved a 40% increase in output from ArcelorMittal-backed Baffinland Iron Mines in the country’s far north a year after denying it a larger plan to nearly triple production. Northern…
Follow the money trail to critical metals
One investing strategy in mining is to watch the insiders. By insiders, I mean the big players in the industry. That is, the directors of multi-billion-dollar companies, mining magnates and…
JV Video: TMX markets crucial for funding new energy
The Toronto stock and venture exchanges owned by TMX Group are vital for the energy transition because they list the most miners in the world, the company’s head of business…
Rinehart buys 18% in Azure Minerals to block SQM takeover
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting said on Friday it had acquired 18% of Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), in a strategic move aimed at checking Chilean lithium giant SQM’s…
Champion Iron shares rise on Bloom Lake expansion
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA) shares rose on Thursday after its Bloom Lake mine, in Quebec, reached its expanded nameplate capacity of 15 million tonnes a year in the last 30 days….
Video: Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the verge of destroying ourselves as a species’
Robert Friedland arrived fresh off a flight from Mongolia just in time to be the last keynote speaker of The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London, U.K., Oct. 12-13. …