TSX rises, Aug. 2-6
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.93% to finish the August 2-6 trading week at 20,475.40. The Global Mining Index fell 2.64% and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index dropped 1.11%….
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TSX mixed, June 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.55% to 20,138.35 during the June 7-11 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slipped 0.79% to 113.61, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
TSX up, May 24-28
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.66% to 19,852.18 during the holiday-shortened May 24-28 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index grew 1.58% to 114.11, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals…
Lithium Americas, Ganfeng planning Stage 2 expansion at Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) and partner Ganfeng Lithium have approved a second-stage expansion at the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy province, Argentina. Caucharí-Olaroz, named after the two salars…
Orocobre and Galaxy Resources to merge in $3B deal
Lithium miners Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) and Orocobre (TSX: ORL; ASX: ORE) have agreed to a merger that would create a US$3.1 billion (A$4 billion) company, set to be the world’s fifth largest producer…
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass project in Nevada
Vancouver-based junior Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) received final approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium mine project in northwestern Nevada on Jan….
Neo Lithium attracts strategic investment from Chinese battery maker
Chinese battery maker CATL is acquiring an 8.6% stake in Neo Lithium (TSXV: NL; US-OTC: NTTHF), which is advancing its Tres Quebradas (3Q) project, a high-grade lithium brine lake and…
Lithium Americas completes JV restructuring
Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) has completed its previously arranged transaction with partner Ganfeng Lithium on the ownership structure on the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project under development in Jujuy, Argentina. As…
Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies powering the future
Growing moves by governments and organizations to set a price on carbon emissions have set up a prospective niche market in battery metals exploration and development. Lithium, cobalt, graphite and…
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass in Nevada
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is perhaps best known for its flagship 62.5%-owned Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine project in northwestern Argentina’s Jujuy province, which is expected to start producing battery-grade…
Dow Jones and S&P 500 move higher, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.36% to 25,270.83 and the S&P 500 Index increased 2.42% to 2,723.06. New York spot gold fell US60¢ to finish at US$1,232.20 per oz.,…
US markets dip, May 14-18
Gold closed at US$1,291.9, down 2% over the previous trading week, as U.S. markets slipped. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 2.14% to 82.06, and the Dow Jones Industrial…