British Columbia launches Mining Innovation Roadmap
The fact many B.C. mines can operate largely on B.C.’s abundant clean hydro power is something the government and industry is promoting as a kind of green premium.
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Closing gold window and broken promises
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Canada unveils its 2021 critical mineral list
Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.
Glencore shakes up management with three top traders to exit
Following the departures, the zinc and copper trading units will be merged.
Kirkland Lake drills wide gold intervals outside Detour Lake resources
The miner is completing a 250,000-metre exploration program at the site, with an updated production plan and reserve statement expected early next year.
Blackrock Gold announces name change, silver focus
The junior is planning to drill 40,000 metres at the Tonopah West silver-gold project in Nevada this year.
Gran Colombia offers $252m in friendly, all-share offer for Gold X
The offer implies a 39% premium on last week's closing price of Gold X shares.
Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready
Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.
Electric cars will cost more using ethically sourced batteries
The European Union’s efforts to ethically source a key battery metal face headwinds that could make it more expensive for automakers to go electric.