Canada Top Stories

Avino gets community ok to develop La Preciosa

La Preciosa hosts one of Mexico's largest undeveloped primary silver resources and is located about 19km from the company's Avino mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2024 | 5:58 am

New critical mineral mines in British Columbia could generate nearly $600 billion, study says

Mansfield Consulting examined 14 potential critical mineral mines and two…

Amanda Stutt | January 8, 2024 | 1:28 pm

QC Copper says Opemiska resource tops 1.88 billion lb. copper, 915,000 oz. gold

The Opemiska project includes the former Springer and Perry copper-gold…

Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 11:21 am

Nature emits mercury but not as much as humans do – study

Recent estimates show that mining and burning fossil fuels are…

Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 5:05 am

Gold CEO firing deals fresh blow to mining’s battered reputation

A series of disappointments for the mining industry comes against…

Bloomberg News | January 7, 2024 | 11:38 am

Agnico Eagle CEO mulls move to go big or get small in Australia

Agnico has never been a company that “pounds our chest on size and getting bigger for the sake of getting bigger,” CEO Ammar Al-Joundi said.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 9:58 am

Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp

MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 9:32 am

Forum Energy buys out Rio Tinto’s share of Janice Lake copper

The property covers 39,943 hectares in north-central Saskatchewan.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 7:50 am

Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations

The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.

Colin McClelland | March 6, 2023 | 7:10 am

Iamgold picks former New Gold boss Adams as new CEO

Adams replaces board chair Maryse Belanger, who was acting as interim President and CEO during the executive search process.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2023 | 3:58 am

Canada’s crackdown on Chinese funding is hurting miners, Friedland says

China has built up stakes in more than two dozen Canadian mining companies, including some of the industry’s biggest names.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 4:41 pm

Three British Columbia residents fined $700,000 for role in gold mining Ponzi scheme

The scheme raised over $15 million from more than 1,400 investors, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Staff Writer | March 5, 2023 | 9:40 am

New Tesla motor technology could disrupt rare earths industry

Rare earth element companies may face pressure after Tesla unveiled plans this week to develop car motors without key critical minerals.

Staff Writer | March 3, 2023 | 10:47 am

Volkswagen board discusses two new North America plants at meeting

The facilities would be one production plant and one battery cell factory, people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 4:21 am

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