April 2, 2019 Cannabis mania mows down Canada’s junior mining sector There is enough evidence to conclude that risk capital has found a new home, a BDO report shows. The question now is, how and where will junior miners find the…
March 29, 2019 West Africa — an emerging gold exploration investment hotspot Data shows West Africa has the biggest growth rate in the yellow metal’s resources in the world.
March 26, 2019 World’s largest copper producer brings AI to its mines The move is part of an aggressive transformation of the Chilean state-miner, which is looking at adding fresh technologies to revitalizing some of its century-old mines.
March 21, 2019 Chinese electric vehicle makers are gorging on nickel New report shows in January 2019, the Chinese market saw 253% more nickel deployed in passenger EV batteries compared to a year ago.
March 8, 2019 Tianqi Lithium to name three directors to SQM board next month The world’s No.3 producer of the metal used in electric vehicle batteries said the candidates will be “fair” and “responsible toward shareholders”.
March 5, 2019 Vancouver AI firm Andritz takes top spot at Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining The winner’s prize is an “opportunity to negotiate up to a $1 million investment” in their technology, either toward a proof of concept or direct investment.
February 28, 2019 Barrick, Newmont step up game to sway top investors Barrick forecasts over $7 billion in pre-tax savings over 20 years, based on net present value — $4.7 billion of which will come from Nevada.
February 26, 2019 Goldcorp reveals names of three #DisruptMining finalists The finalists are competing for the opportunity to negotiate up to $1 million investment in the winning technology.
February 21, 2019 First AI mining company goes public Goldspot extends machine learning beyond exploration – to M&A.
February 16, 2019 IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records The company is working with several wearable technology providers so companies can monitor biometric and environmental data to identify whether employees are experiencing dangers or risk, beyond a equipment failure.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
