Canada strengthening guidelines to protect critical minerals sectors
Significant transactions by foreign state-owned companies in Canada's critical minerals sectors would now only be approved on an exceptional basis.
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South Africa, Indonesia get $1 billion to close coal plants
The allocation of $500 million each to the coal-dependent countries will come in the form of “concessional,” or low cost, finance, the World Bank-affiliated fund said in a statement.
RANKED: The world’s top 10 most valuable base and precious metal mines
Ranking is topped by a polymetallic mine in Russia’s arctic boasting ore with a value of nearly $900 billion at today’s prices.
Gold stocks’ winter rally 7
The gold miners’ stocks have been battered over this past half-year, bludgeoned relentlessly lower with gold.
Cameco reports Q3 uranium contracting gains, touts scooping Russian market share
Pending the new contracts’ finalization, the total volume of uranium successfully contracted since the beginning of 2022 is expected to be about 77 million lb.
Gold Fields, Yamana heads defend takeover deal as top investor balks
Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith says he “remains confident" and hopes to get the majority of investors on board by the time shareholders vote on the transaction.
Calibre granted environmental permits to develop Eastern Borosi project in Nicaragua
EBP represents Calibre’s third major environmental mine development approval within three years.
Vale mulling base metals partnership, CEO says
Vale had announced last month a reorganization of its Brazil base metals business, which includes copper and nickel assets.
Codelco profits slump 50% to September, cuts production target
Company said a "significant drop of 12% in the price of copper sales" compared to the previous year explained almost half of the drop in profits.
