May 8, 2025 Rare 10-carat blue diamond could fetch $20M at auction The "Mediterranean Blue Diamond" from South Africa, is a “fancy vivid blue,” the highest grade for coloured diamonds.
May 7, 2025 Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold to buy stake in DRC lithium project KoBold plans to acquire AVZ’s stake in the Manono lithium project, aiming to resolve disputes and unlock a major source of the critical metal.
May 7, 2025 BYD and Tsingshan scrap plans for Chile lithium plants Both companies had been selected in 2023 as strategic investors to develop value-added lithium products in Chile.
May 6, 2025 Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine wins environmental award for solar plant The government of the Northwest Territories provided C$3.3 million in funding for the project.
May 5, 2025 Ma’aden deploys space technology to explore projects across Arabian Shield The initiative will be delivered through the regional joint venture established by Fleet Space Technologies and Tahreez.
May 5, 2025 CIA’s venture capital arm invests in Colorado-based critical minerals startup Company said its technology offers a low-impact way to extract high-purity critical minerals from unconventional and previously uneconomic sources.
May 5, 2025 CIM launches Innovation and Technology Society Initiative aims to accelerate the development and adoption of solutions to the mining industry’s most pressing challenges.
May 5, 2025 Exploding neutron stars may have created gold, new study suggests According to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, it is explosions of highly magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, that caused gold and other heavy metals to form in…
May 2, 2025 Agnico Eagle podcast spotlights Nunavut’s people, environment and mining The podcast aims to show listeners the realities about the Territory and Canada’s North.
May 1, 2025 Pentagon’s AI metals program goes private in bid to boost Western supply deals Open Price Exploration for National Security AI metals program is an attempt to counter China's sweeping control of the critical minerals sector.
Silver Crown Royalties soars to new high on Gentile investment Michael Gentile, as co-founder of Montreal-based hedge fund Bastion Asset Management, is the largest shareholder in over 25 junior miners. January 13, 2026 | 10:54 am
