TSX falls during Apr. 18-22 trading week
Over the Apr. 18-22 trading period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 692.03 points or 3.2% to 21,186.38. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index decreased 15.14 points or 12.85% to 117.82 and…
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Rosatom, Nornickel to develop lithium project in Russia
Russia’s state-owned nuclear power supplier Rosatom and Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of refined nickel, are fine-tuning details of a plan to develop a lithium deposit in the country’s northwest,…
Palladium One reports near 250% increase in indicated resource at LK in Finland
Palladium One Mining (TSXV: PDM; OTC: NKORF) has released a resource update on its 100% owned Läntinen Koillismaa (LK) PGE-copper-nickel project in north-central Finland that increases tonnage in the indicated…
Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225M deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a cash and shares deal…
Vital Metals blazing path to commercial production with Canada’s first rare earth mine
It’s a year of many firsts for Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) and its rare earth elements operation in the Northwest Territories. Following the establishment in 2021 of…
Chile constitution drafters reject mining-adverse proposal
Chile’s constitutional assembly has rejected a proposal from the environmental committee seeking to tighten up rules related to the protection of the country’s natural resources, which would have hit the…
The view from England: Miners suffering from unintended consequences
As mining booms, the industry is suffering from the employment consequences of earlier bear-market bites. Most of us are aware from an early age that every action has consequences. Adults…
As demand for critical minerals rises, Canada’s North hopes to be a clean player
This week, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, travelled nearly 5,000 km away from his base in Ontario to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, not to make a new announcement,…
Codelco to create mining carbon footprint calculator
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, is developing a free-to-use platform for suppliers to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a service the company said is not currently available in…
UPDATED: Eight workers missing at Trevali’s Perkoa mine as flooding suspends operations
Eight workers from Trevali Mining’s (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso have been missing for five days as flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Burkina Faso…
Development of NWT key to Canada’s critical mineral growth: Transport minister
Development of the Northwest Territories will be essential for Canada to produce batteries and tackle climate change, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, said during his first visit to Yellowknife. …
Mexico passes mining reform nationalizing lithium
Mexico has officially nationalized its lithium industry after the Senate approved by 87 votes in favour, 20 against and 16 abstentions the mining reform proposed by President Andrés Manuel López…