March 21, 2017 Chile steps up efforts to lure mining investors beyond copper sector The country, already the world's second largest producer of lithium, is seeking to create private-public partnerships to exploit 61% of its resource-rich territory, currently available for licensing.
March 20, 2017 $5.5 billion private capital ready to invest in mining "Investors are willing to back their positive sentiment towards natural resources with fresh capital commitments," says new study.
March 15, 2017 Matamec welcomes breakthrough discovery: IBM scientists store 1 bit of data on a single holmium atom Matamec’s Kipawa deposit contains holmium, the heavy rare earth element essential to new storage technology that allows for 1000x more data to be stored than ever before.
March 14, 2017 Graphene: The game-changing material of the future Technology is only as good as the materials it is made from. That’s why graphene, a two-dimensional supermaterial made from carbon, is so exciting.
March 13, 2017 Greenland closer to building world’s fifth-largest uranium mine The Kvanefjeld project would also be the world’s second-biggest rare earths operation.
March 12, 2017 Is the lithium bubble about to burst? After rising aggressively, some would argue that lithium prices have already peaked.
March 10, 2017 John Kaiser at PDAC 2017: “Discovery exploration is back” John Kaiser also talks Donald Trump and warning signs for speculators
March 10, 2017 Mickey Fulp: I’m bullish on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2017 Find out what Mickey Fulp learned from his biggest investing mistakes
March 9, 2017 The 20 best mining schools in the world The rankings are based on data for academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper and research impact.
March 6, 2017 Why cobalt (not lithium) could be the battery boom’s big winner You've probably given little thought to a perennially overlooked metal called cobalt, even though chances are you’re reading this very article on a device powered by a battery containing a…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
