The contest will grant $350,000 in total to scientists or entrepreneurs able to come up with a sustainable way to boost demand for palladium.

Kirkland Lake is in the midst of one of the Canadian gold sector's most important mergers.

Key moves in the mining sector.

The competition was launched to discover new digital solutions for the metals and mining industries and promised to identify the solution that would best deliver rapid benefits, including full payback, within 12 months.

Mining may be an industry nearly as old as humankind itself, but the process of how a patch of ground becomes a mine is no different from the modern start-up.

The challenge for the mining industry is that companies cannot solve ESG issues on their own. Cooperation and co-investment are across the sector are vital.

Key moves in the mining sector.

Frank Fannon will provide expertise on prospective and current investments and government affairs, based in Washington D.C.