December 11, 2024 Ontario pension backs $100m funding for tech firm spotting deposits from space Private firm Fleet Space uses satellite technology, AI and real-time 3-D imaging to speed up critical mineral searches.
December 11, 2024 London Symposium: ‘Mining must move at the pace of business, not bureaucracy,’ Ontario’s Pirie says Ontario's bid to lead in the critical minerals boom in Canada is fuelled with funding increases and deregulation goals in a new mining code.
December 11, 2024 Trump tariff risk roils gold and silver as New York prices jump Gold futures for delivery in February traded as much as $60 an ounce, or 2%, over spot prices in early London trading.
December 11, 2024 Gold price advances further as inflation data affirms rate cut bets All eyes are now on the upcoming producer price data due on Thursday for further clarity on Fed rate cut path.
December 11, 2024 Zimbabwe wants 26% free-carry stake in new mining projects Resource nationalism is strengthening across Africa as countries seek a greater share of the profits from their commodities.
December 11, 2024 South32 eyes Alaska’s copper under potential Trump policy changes Approval of Ambler Mining District road would allow South32 and Trilogy Metals to mine high-grade copper from their assets.
December 11, 2024 Mexico to review bill to ban open pit mining The controversial bill, approved by the lower chamber of Congress in August, would also prohibit fracking and restrict water usage.
December 10, 2024 Ten years after Mount Polley dam breach in British Columbia, 15 charges laid On August 4, 2014 a breach at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine sent the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of mining waste into a creek.
December 10, 2024 Robex shifts focus to Guinea, aims to pour first gold in 2025 The company has been producing gold at the Nampala mine in Mali since 2017.
December 10, 2024 Newmont cuts two dozen middle manager jobs in corporate overhaul The cuts are in addition to the previously reported reduction of at least 10 senior managers and an executive.
AI boom set to turbocharge uranium demand in 2026 Investor surveys and asset managers point to AI-driven power demand tightening uranium supply and supporting higher prices into 2026. December 26, 2025 | 03:55 am
