Hochschild to spin off Chilean rare earths company
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC; US-OTC: HCHDF) is spinning off its Chilean rare earth subsidiary Aclara Resources and plans to list it on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It will retain a 20% ownership…
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FPX Nickel makes high-grade, near-surface discovery with first holes at Van target
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX) says it has made a significant new nickel discovery with the first two holes it drilled at the Van target at its Decar project, 90 km…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 261: Companies that adapt to ‘outsourced innovation model’ will thrive, ft NORCAT’s Don Duval at CMJ’s Reimagine Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features NORCAT CEO Don Duval in conversation with Canadian Mining Journal editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate. Don stressed the importance of mining companies having a strategy to acquire new…
Alrosa says global diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit
Alrosa, the world’s top diamond miner by output, says the industry has “fully recovered” from the Covid-19 pandemic as a structural production decline paired with growing end-user demand are pushing…
Upward trend in global exploration budget to continue in 2022 – report
The aggregate annual global exploration budget is expected to increase between 5% and 15% year over year for 2022, a new report by S&P Global Market Intelligence states. The market…
TSX moves higher, Oct. 11-15
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 511.8 points or 2.51% to 20,928.10 during the Oct. 11 to Oct. 15 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 5.73 points or 6.02%…
US markets pick up steam, Oct. 11-15
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 548.51 points or 1.58% to 35,294.76 and the S&P 500 climbed 80.03 points or 1.82% to 4,471.37 in the Oct. 11-15 trading week. Spot…
TSX Venture rises, Oct. 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 60.19 points or 6.86% to 939.67 during the Oct. 11-15 trading week. Spot gold closed the week at US$1,767.40 per oz., up US$10.30 per…
Vale halts operations at Onça Puma mine after court order
Vale reported today that it has once again halted operations at its Onça Puma nickel mine after Brazil’s state of Pará obtained a court order to reinstate the suspension of…
Pallinghurst raises ownership in Nouveau Monde; takes stake in Talon Metals
The Pallinghurst Group is raising its stake in Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; NYSE: NMG) and taking an initial stake in Talon Metals (TSX: TLO). Pallinghurst’s graphite subsidiary is increasing…
Noront Resources picks Wyloo bid over BHP
A months-long battle over nickel-copper miner Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) may have come to an end as the Canadian company said today that it had picked a sweetened bid from Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals, over…
What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report
ING Economics has published a new report in which its experts predict what the energy transition might bring for five key metals: copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium. Taking into…