New Saudi company formed to secure critical minerals globally
Saudi Arabian state miner Ma’aden inked a major new deal with the kingdom’s sovereign wealth reserve the Public Investment Fund (PIF) at the Future Minerals Forum 2023 in Riyadh this…
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Saudi Arabia advances world’s first integrated battery metals plant
Saudi Arabia aims to start construction by December on the world’s first integrated battery metals complex built and fed with raw materials by the same company. Perth, Australia-based EV Metals…
Eurasian Resources expands search for EV minerals in Saudi Arabia
Eurasian Resources Group has signed deals to explore in Saudi Arabia with a Mars rover-like sampler as it helps prepare a passport for electric vehicles showing their battery mineral sources….
EV Nickel assays show large scale potential of CarLang area near Timmins
EV Nickel (TSXV: EVNI) has announced 12 additional assay results near its Carman-Langmuir area in northern Ontario confirming it as a potential large scale nickel prospect. Also referred to…
Ivanhoe Electric, Barrick Gold sign JVs with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE-AM: IE), the latest endeavour of mining magnate Robert Friedland, is joining with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned miner Ma’aden to explore for copper, gold, silver and electric…
Vale evaluates offers for $2.5B base metals unit
Vale (NYSE: VALE), one the world’s largest iron ore miner and the top nickel producer, has shortlisted suitors for a 10% of its base metals business estimated to be worth…
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…
Roundup Preview: BC mining and exploration off to a strong start after tumultuous 2022
With high interest rates, high inflation and reduced access to finance, 2022 was a challenging year for the mineral exploration sector. But unofficial financial numbers point to a solid start…
Canada Nickel adds carbon capture and storage to Crawford project
Canada Nickel‘s (CVE:CNC) latest test work results support the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into processing at its Crawford project in Timmins, Ont. Its method, known as in-process tailings…
Mining’s biggest future challenges will be meeting sustainability expectations – and adapting to the metaverse
We present the winner of the 2022 Northern Miner Scholarship, part of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund. Entrants were asked to write an essay outlining the mining industry’s biggest…
Battery metal binge outweighs cost hikes at PolyMet copper-nickel project in Minnesota
Surging demand for battery metals is offsetting increased costs to build PolyMet Mining’s (TSX: POM) copper-nickel project in northeastern Minnesota, according to new estimates. Developing the first phase of the…
Global Battery Metals pivots to Utah and Ireland after dud Michigan drilling
Global Battery Metals (TSXV: GBML) says it will stop exploring for nickel, copper and platinum group metals at its Sawyer camp in northern Michigan and instead focus on lithium projects…