GM to take equity stake in Australian mining company
General Motors will invest up to $69 million and take an equity stake in Queensland Pacific Metals.
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Rio Tinto’s aging Quebec plant gets $374 million upgrade in critical metals push
Fer et Titane plant in Sorel-Tracy to get upgrades that include electrifying furnaces and replacing coal in a push to cut the facility’s carbon emissions in half by 2030.
Strike ends at Westshore Terminals coal port in British Columbia
The Westshore coal terminal at Roberts Bank – which typically processes about 33 million tonnes of coal a year – is among the busiest such facilities in Canada and along the west coast of North America.
Burkina Faso miners say operations unaffected following second military coup of 2022
Burkina Faso is Africa’s fourth-largest gold producer, and gold makes up a significant part of its GDP and national exports.
Azimut’s Patwon gold zone in Quebec named AEMQ discovery of the year
The best assay from the Patwon zone was 24.04 g/t gold over 18 metres from 254 to 272 metres.
Northcliff shares research into superior performance of tungsten-ion batteries
The new type of batteries can be 90+% charged in less than five minutes, and they withstand a wider range of temperatures with reduced fire risk.
China’s building-season flop dents hope of iron ore market boost
Not all market players are pessimistic, with some analysts seeing prices at least stabilizing by the fourth quarter.
EV battery hopeful Britishvolt holds talks on UK site sale as outlook dims
Britishvolt is in talks to divest its 93-hectare lot in Cambois, northern England, to Slovak startup Inobat.
Iron ore price down as China limits steel output
Steel mills in top producing province of Hebei have been ordered to limit output, in a bid to ensure blue skies for the Communist Party Congress.
