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Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am

Top producers push for silver’s inclusion as a critical mineral in Canada and US

CEOs of 19 mining companies suggest a misconception about availability…

Bruno Venditti | January 31, 2024 | 7:40 am

EU trade chief to press on with US battery minerals talks despite differences

The battery minerals trade agreement would allow European companies to…

Reuters | January 30, 2024 | 3:11 pm

BMO, Canaccord Genuity top 2023 mining M&A advisory board – report

BMO Capital Markets advised on transactions worth $27.4 billion, while…

MINING.com Editor | January 30, 2024 | 3:01 pm

Lion Copper delivers positive PEA for Rio Tinto-backed Yerington project

The integrated Yerington project has a post-tax net present value…

Staff Writer | January 30, 2024 | 9:30 am

Column: Copper trapped between old and new supercycles

Doctor Copper appears undecided as to which supercycle is currently strongest.

Reuters | August 22, 2023 | 8:20 am

No new Novelis deals to buy Russian aluminum since Ukraine war

Novelis is still buying some aluminum from Rusal under contracts agreed before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Reuters | August 22, 2023 | 7:39 am

Newmont gets Aussie regulatory nod for $16.8bn Newcrest deal

Newmont continues advancing other regulatory approvals and expects to close the transaction in the fourth quarter of this year.

Reuters | August 21, 2023 | 3:21 pm

Nickel firm eyes Texas for $400 million EV battery metal plant

Wave Nickel seeks to tap US government incentives to build a refinery that will produce nickel sulfate for EV batteries.

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2023 | 12:56 pm

Talon Metals’ shares rise on news of high-grade nickel-copper and PGE results in Minnesota

The drilling was conducted in partnership with Columbia University under a program funded by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Mining Innovations.

Staff Writer | August 21, 2023 | 10:10 am

Perpetua wins up to $15.5m to advance antimony trisulfide supply chain at Stibnite

The objective is to demonstrate a fully domestic antimony trisulfide supply chain using ore from the Stibnite gold project site for use in munitions.

Staff Writer | August 21, 2023 | 10:04 am

Race for moon resources has begun, says Russia’s space chief after failed lunar mission

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon on Saturday after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit.

Reuters | August 21, 2023 | 9:33 am

Hecla says production impacted at Idaho mine after fire incident

The largest silver miner in the US says production will be impacted.

Reuters | August 21, 2023 | 7:20 am

Companies keep mum on ESG initiatives as ‘greenhushing’ takes off

In the latest round of quarterly earnings calls, just 56 companies in the S&P 500 Index commented on environmental, social and governance initiatives, according to Axios.

Tim Shufelt - The Globe and Mail investment reporter | August 18, 2023 | 1:38 pm

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