Tantalum-based coating makes fusion reactors safer

A new tantalum-based workhorse material can withstand the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

Staff Writer | December 15, 2023 | 6:06 am

Silicide spherules from space fetch astronomical prices at auction

Ever since the Zagami meteorite sold in 1996 at Phillips Auction as crumbs in a vial at $1,538 per gram, the universal appeal of otherworldly rocks was driving the prices of exotic samples sky-high and beyond.

Staff Writer | December 11, 2023 | 12:34 pm

Lab-grown dolomite is now a thing

The long-standing dolomite problem has been solved.

Staff Writer | December 4, 2023 | 6:06 am

China allows a trickle of critical minerals exports ahead of graphite curbs

China exported small amounts of two minerals crucial to high-tech manufacturing in October.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2023 | 9:18 am

European companies exploring ways to boost rare metal supply

China imposed restrictions on exports of the metals used in high-tech electronics from August.

Reuters | November 15, 2023 | 7:31 am

Watch the mining insiders: The biggest bread crumbs lead to critical metals

The world’s most powerful investors are intimately aware of long term growth drivers.

James Cooper | November 13, 2023 | 6:26 am

How Canada – and Bay Street – squandered the chance to finance the critical minerals revolution

Capital has disappeared from Canada’s once-thriving junior mining industry.

Tim Kiladze - The Globe and Mail | November 10, 2023 | 4:11 pm

Happy Creek permitted to expand exploration work at Fox tungsten project in BC

The goal of the proposed 2023 to 2027 drilling campaign is to at least triple the existing tungsten resource.

Staff Writer | November 10, 2023 | 9:10 am

What green energy transition? Half of mining still exploring for gold

New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration budgets this year as juniors struggle to raise capital, but the precious metal still accounts for 46% of the total.

Frik Els | November 7, 2023 | 8:34 am

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