EV slump powers platinum supply deficit, investment council says The price of platinum has fallen about 4% this year to about $950 per oz. Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | September 10, 2024 | 7:04 am
Hybrid cars throw lifeline to platinum metals PGMs - principally platinum and palladium - face a long-term structural decline in demand as their main use has been to clean auto exhausts. Reuters | September 10, 2024 | 7:04 am
Canada mulls surtax on Chinese critical mineral products, batteries, solar products Canada said is launching a 30-day public consultation period on whether to slap a potential surtax on Chinese critical mineral products. Reuters | September 10, 2024 | 7:03 am
Conuma Resources reopens coal mine in Canada after 24 years The Quintette mine operated for 18 years until the previous owner, Teck Resources, closed it in 2000 due to a decline in coal prices. Staff Writer | September 10, 2024 | 5:12 am
AngloGold Ashanti to buy Centamin for $2.5 billion Deal hands AngloGold Egypt's largest and first modern gold mine, and will make it the world’s no.4 producer of the precious metal. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2024 | 3:59 am
Northvolt to cut staff, halt some output as EV demand falls Northvolt vowed last year to invest $5.7 billion (C$7bn) in Canada's Quebec province to set up a battery plant. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2024 | 3:08 am
Radius Gold enters copper porphyry project in Peru Radius currently has two exploration-stage projects in Mexico and Guatemala. Staff Writer | September 9, 2024 | 3:50 pm
Anglo American hired advisers to sell two nickel mines in Brazil The two assets produce together about 38,000 tons of nickel per year. Reuters | September 9, 2024 | 1:05 pm
Green funds with $14 billion eye first mining bets after slump Leading miners have seen their valuations decline as slowing growth for electric cars and a weaker economy in China curtail demand for some commodities. Bloomberg News | September 9, 2024 | 11:25 am