Canada readies aid for Alberta as deadline for provincial oil sands project nears
Ottawa must decide by the end of this month if Teck Resources can build the $15.7 billion Frontier mine.
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Agnico Eagle CEO urges Canada to back Arctic connection project
The proposed hydroelectric and fiber optic cables would supply five communities and two Agnico mines.
Australia considering sending coronavirus evacuees to outback mining camps
The first flight of about 240 passengers arrived in Australia on Monday.
Copper price & coronavirus: Don’t expect small SARS-like impact
Copper rebounds, but two new reports warn that coronavirus impact could be much greater than SARS: For one, China did not consume 50% of the world's copper in 2003.
US rare earths production up 44% in 2019 — report
Overall US metal mine production in 2019 was estimated to be $28.1 billion, or almost $500 million higher than in 2018.
Virus-hit China may need more imports of coal. The tricky part – shipping it
Number of ships waiting outside Australia's Newcastle harbor was at an 18-month high of 20 vessels.
China’s metals import hunger shifts towards raw materials
China’s giant aluminum machine needs a lot of bauxite and imports topped the 100 million tonne level for the first time in 2019
Zambia-Vedanta row escalates, minister calls company “criminal”
Richard Musukwa, said Zambia needed African and international support to "make Vedanta pay."
Finland gives green light to uranium mining
State-owned Terrafame plans to produce uranium at a mine that has been producing nickel for years.