EU adds lithium to critical raw materials list
The European Union has added lithium, used in batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs), to a list of critical materials as part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on…
2020
Int’l Tower Hill raises cash to revive Livengood project in Alaska
International Tower Hill Mines (TSX: ITH; NYSE-AM: THM) plans to raise US$10.3 million in support of a prefeasibility study on its Livengood gold deposit, 110 km north of Fairbanks, Alaska….
‘Investors are still on the sidelines’: John Hathaway says precious metals and mining stocks in ‘early days’ at the Global Mining Symposium
Prominent gold commentator John Hathaway appeared on the second day of The Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium. In January, after 22 years at Tocqueville Asset Management, the veteran investment manager…
‘Gold is becoming mainstream’: Ronald-Peter Stoeferle on precious metals and mining stocks at the Global Mining Symposium
The Global Mining Symposium continued apace on the second day of the three-day event with Alisha Hiyate, editor at The Canadian Mining Journal, interviewing Ronald-Peter Stoeferle, managing partner and fund…
Russia’s Nordgold sweetens offer in takeover battle with China’s Shandong over Cardinal Resources
Nordgold has sweetened its proposed takeover offer of Cardinal Resources (ASX, TSX: CDV) in order to beat out competition from China’s Shandong Gold. The latest offer would see the Russian…
Nearly a tonne of CO2 per oz. gold produced in 2019: report
Gold mines emitted on average 0.8 tonnes of CO2-equivalent (CO2e) for every ounce of gold that was produced in 2019, according to a report from S&P Global. Strong price performance…
Global Gold Snapshot: Eight players to watch
Gold prices have surged in recent months amid the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic and enormous monetary stimulus measures, and precious metals companies have seen their valuations benefit. Below, we…
‘Change is coming’: Roskill’s Robert Baylis on supply chains, ESG and commodities at the Global Mining Symposium
As the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown economies around the globe, it revealed a number of underlying problems with regional supply chains. The production of copper, cobalt, lithium and other key metals…
BHP to mine Australian coal using greener energy
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) said this week it had inked a deal to support the development of new solar and wind farms in Australia’s Queensland state as part of…
Mexican gov’t scraps key mining post in austerity drive
Mining companies operating in Mexico are showing concern, after the country’s government scrapped the mining sub-secretary post, one of the Ministry of Economy units, as part of a broader austerity…
Ivanhoe expects first copper at Kakula in less than a year
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) expects to begin producing copper at its Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in less than a year, as total underground…
Radisson finds another high-grade gold trend at O’Brien
Radisson Mining Resources (TSXV: RDS; US-OTC: RMRDF) has hit high-grade gold intercepts at its O’Brien gold project in Quebec that point to the potential for a third mineralized area east…