Lack of capital rises to top risk in EY mining survey
Capital is the top risk facing the mining industry this year, up from the number two spot last year, as tough financing and economic conditions make it more difficult to deliver…
Nickel
Teck steps into Ring of Fire with Canterra option
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B; NYSE: TCK) has made its first step into Ontario’s Ring of Fire. The Vancouver-based major has entered into an option agreement with Canterra Minerals…
QC Copper bolsters resource base with acquisition of Thierry project
QC Copper and Gold (TSXV: QCCU; US-OTC: QCCUF) is expanding its asset base in Eastern Canada with the acquisition of Cuprum Corp. and its Thierry copper project. This move, says…
CHART: Global mining and metals – a reality check
A new report by McKinsey’s energy and materials practice outlines a global mining and metals industry emerging from a few years of boom and bust and price fluctuations the consulting…
Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) has launched the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture with Indigenous economic development firm Three Fires Group to find critical minerals in scrap. The…
Magna Mining PEA update hikes return five-fold for Crean Hill nickel project
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Magna Mining’s (TSXV: NICU; US-OTC: MGMNF) Crean Hill project near Sudbury, Ont. bumps its internal rate of return more than five times to…
Putin’s exports threat lifts uranium, nickel producers
Stocks in nickel and uranium producers gained this week when Russian President Vladimir Putin floated the idea of limiting metals exports, refueling geopolitics as a top risk, mining analysts said….
Canada Nickel negotiates another $500M for Crawford project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) says it’s received its second significant pledge in two weeks to fund the northern Ontario Crawford project, which could be the world’s largest nickel…
Canada Nickel’s hits at Texmont crown recent results in Timmins district
Drilling at seven of Canada Nickel‘s (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) properties in the Timmins-Cochrane mining district of northern Ontario has returned positive results, with results at Texmont expanding high-grade mineralization…
The Metals Company advances commercial-scale processing of deep-sea nodules
TMC and its partner PAMCO have produced approximately 500 tonnes of calcine during the first phase of a commercial-scale campaign.
Premium Nickel eyes 2025 prefeasibility at Selebi mine in Botswana
Results from infill drilling at Premium Nickel Resources’ (TSXV: PNRL) past-producing Selebi North mine in Botswana continues to build confidence, less than a month after the company posted an initial…
Canada Nickel may net US$500M Ottawa loan for giant Crawford project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) says a Canadian government agency might loan it US$500 million for its Crawford project in northern Ontario, which could become the world’s largest nickel-cobalt…