March 21, 2022 Copper, gold, silver key to making carbon capture efforts succeed – study Chemists at Tsinghua University have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a reaction whose performance will be essential if…
March 20, 2022 Scientists get closer look at how methane-eating bacteria turn greenhouse gases into fuel Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have a natural ability to convert the greenhouse gas into usable fuel.
March 18, 2022 NioBay suspends exploration at James Bay project on First Nation objections The niobium project is located in the district of Cochrane on the traditional territory of the Moose Cree First Nation.
March 17, 2022 The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.
March 17, 2022 Ontario aims to boost EV industry as it announces first critical minerals strategy Ontario has identified 33 critical minerals, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements. It produced about C$3.5 billion worth of critical minerals in 2020.
March 17, 2022 5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now? Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.
March 16, 2022 New insights into how to discover porphyry-type copper deposits Porphyry-type deposits provide most of the world's copper and molybdenum, as well as large amounts of gold and other metals.
March 15, 2022 Turquoise Hill shareholders could score big with Rio’s bid Analysts predict Turquoise Hill investors will seek a higher offer than the current C$34/share bid, perhaps greater than C$50/share.
March 15, 2022 Blockade halts Southern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru Operations at the massive copper mine have been suspended since Feb. 28 after protestors cut water access and blocked a key railroad.
March 14, 2022 Lithium mining: ‘A new Bolivia’, says EnergyX CEO Teague Egan says EnergyX has the technology that can help Bolivia unlock its lithium.
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am