September 17, 2021

Prairie Snapshot: Eight companies with potential in central Canada

The Canadian Prairies may soon be known as much for their diverse mineral wealth including uranium, nickel and copper, as for their potash endowment and rolling hectares of grain.

September 15, 2021

China will release more metal reserves to ease supply shortage – state planner

"Currently, copper, aluminum, and zinc prices are still high," said Li Hui, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission.

September 15, 2021

NorZinc eyes larger Prairie Creek operation in Northwest Territories, starts PEA

The PEA is to be completed in the second quarter next year with Ausenco as the lead consultant.

September 15, 2021

Grupo Mexico, Hudbay vie for $2 billion Spanish miner

Trafigura and Mubadala have been looking to sell Matsa since the start of the year.

September 14, 2021

Taranis Resources’ BC bulk permitting tussle a provincial exploration industry boon

Mineral explorers in British Columbia could not get bulk sampling permits since the Mt Polley disaster of 2014.

September 13, 2021

Robust metals price outlook softens in 2022 – reports

Global mined zinc production will grow at the fastest pace since 2012 in 2021.

September 2, 2021

Ontario Snapshot: Eight companies to watch

Ontario is a world-class destination for the mining industry.

September 1, 2021

China completes latest metal auctions as Xi urges better reserves system

Country released another 150,000 tonnes of state metal inventories to the market on Wednesday.

August 27, 2021

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

August 24, 2021

Higher metal prices to push exploration budgets up in 2022, says S&P Global

Ramp-up in green policies supportive of battery metals.