TSX gains during May 29 to June 2 trading week
Stocks in Toronto posted modest advances last week after the United States Congress agreed on a debt ceiling deal, Canadian oil regained losses ahead of an OPEC meeting that was…
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Global Mining Symposium: McEwen calls for Uber moment to kickstart mining industry
The mining industry needs radical change, like how Uber slew taxis, if it wants to get more youth involved in the metals for a greener planet, veteran project developer Rob…
G Mining Ventures de-risks Tocantinzinho with energy deal in Brazil
A power purchase deal with a Brazilian energy provider has fixed pricing for three years and cut all-in electricity costs estimated in a 2022 feasibility study for G Mining Ventures’…
Hochschild CEO Bustamante to leave after 13 years with miner
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOCM) announced on Tuesday its chief executive, Ignacio Bustamante, will leave in late August after 13 years in various top positions in the company. Bustamante, 52, will…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame looks to the future with newest inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (CMHF) held its 35th annual induction ceremony on May 24 at the Carlu in Toronto, welcoming three new honourees, and bringing total membership up…
Cerrado Gold issued preliminary licence for Brazil gold project, shares rise
Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT; US-OTCQX: CRDOF) shares gained more than 12% early Monday after completing first-stage permitting for its Monte Do Carmo (MDC) project in Tocantins, Brazil. The next step…
SQM and Codelco kick off talks over lithium partnership
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium miner, and Chile’s state-owned copper miner Codelco have formally begun talks aimed at setting up a public-private partnership to extract the battery metal…
Sigma Lithium sells first “green tailings” to China’s Yahua
Sigma Lithium (TSX-V; Nasdaq: SGML) has received payment on its first shipment under a three-year environmental offtake agreement for its green tailings to China’s Yahua International Investment and Development. Yahua…
RANKED: World’s top producing copper companies in 2022
Copper is a highly conductive metal used in wiring in transport, construction and manufacturing — and it is also vital to the green energy transition as a component in electric…
JV Article: BHP launches global call for innovative water treatment solutions at mine sites
Aligning with its vision for greater global water security by 2030, one of the world’s biggest miners, BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has launched the “Global Water Challenge”,…
Investors flock to safety on rising risk around the globe
Prospective geology, reasonable costs, workable permitting and regulation regimes, and political stability rarely go together in a mining jurisdiction. That’s what makes mining such a high-risk, high-stakes business. Early entry…
TSX Venture drifts lower over May 15-19
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 5.05 points or 0.8% over the May 15-19 trading session to close at 612.79. Surge Battery Metals gained 12¢ to end the week at…