August 19, 2015 New landscape for BC mining environmental reviews First Nation support for resource projects has become increasingly important to their success.
August 17, 2015 Avalon Rare Metals begins pilot plant program at lithium asset The facility aims to test a new lithium minerals process developed by the company over the past year.
August 11, 2015 China’s surprise currency move is more bad news for Canadian commodities Stock markets in Canada and the United States fell sharply on the news that China had allowed the yuan to drop 2%.
August 11, 2015 Thinking outside the commodity box: Benchmark’s investment primer for lithium, cobalt and graphite Simon Moores, managing director of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and the firm's analyst, Andrew Miller, provide insight into minerals that they say need to shed their labels as traditional commodities…
August 9, 2015 Codelco says over $15 million in damages due to strike at Salvador mine Codelco, the world's No.1 copper producer, confirmed it will start legal actions against protesters this week.
August 6, 2015 Chart: Panasonic predicts lithium-ion utility storage surge One of the world’s leading battery manufacturers, Panasonic Corp, is predicting significant growth in emerging markets for lithium-ion batteries.
August 5, 2015 CRA targeting mining-sector tax havens It’s an issue that the Canadians for Tax Fairness and the Liberal Party of Canada appear to be hoping to make a federal election issue.
August 5, 2015 Work continues There are good companies doing promising work. Yes, the news flow is slower than in better markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s crickets out there.
July 30, 2015 Nemaska Lithium gets go ahead for its Whabouchi mine in Quebec The proposed open-pit surface and underground spodumene mine will produce lithium, highly used in the manufacturing of batteries for cell phones and electric cars.
July 30, 2015 Codelco resumes operations at Chuquicamata amid fresh road blockages A group of demonstrators, however, continued to block some access roads on Thursday morning, attempting to seize a bus that was heading to the nearby Gabriela Mistral mine.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
