Canada adds high-purity iron, phosphorus, silicon metal to critical minerals list The list now identifies 34 minerals and metals deemed essential to the country’s economic or national security. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 1:37 pm
Premium Nickel upsizes Botswana financing to $20 million The upsized financing represents nearly double the initial offering amount. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 10:50 am
Palamina to buy Aurania’s Peru unit to boost copper assets The move will give Palamina access to strategic copper and silver projects in the country, including the Vicus Pluma project. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 10:23 am
Electra gets Canadian gov’t funding for critical minerals recycling project The company is accelerating the next phase of its recycling project to demonstrate that its hydrometallurgical black mass process is scalable, profitable, and can be implemented at other locations. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 10:16 am
Southern Silver study ups NPV, mine life for Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico The study forecasts an initial capex of $388 million and an after-tax NPV of $501 million. Blair McBride | June 10, 2024 | 10:01 am
Critical Metals to acquire controlling stake in world’s biggest rare earth project The Tanbreez project in Greenland has a 28.2 million tonne TREO resource. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 9:44 am
Energy Fuels begins commercial production of separated rare earths at White Mesa Energy Fuels said this is the first US commercial production of on-spec separated REEs from monazite in decades. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 9:16 am
LME aluminum queue jumps to five months after Trafigura delivery Exchange data showed a wait of 159 days for aluminum at warehouses owned by Istim Metals at Port Klang in Malaysia at the end of May. Bloomberg News | June 10, 2024 | 8:47 am
Buenaventura resumes ore treatment at El Brocal plant Despite the suspension, the company said it still expects to achieve its budgeted production in the third quarter. Staff Writer | June 10, 2024 | 8:35 am
