March 15, 2025 Barrick fined for releasing excessive cobalt into British Columbia river The fine relates to 17 separate incidents between 2021 and 2023 at the now-closed Nickel Plate gold mine.
March 14, 2025 Glencore overhauls embattled Canadian smelters as margins plunge The company’s copper plants in Quebec — as well as several recycling sites in the US — will be absorbed into the miner’s global zinc smelting division.
March 14, 2025 Collective soars again as Agnico invests $44M The deal comes just two days after Toronto-based Collective reported its best assays yet from the Ramp zone.
March 14, 2025 Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record jump in government control over resources in 47 countries since 2020.
March 13, 2025 Orla confident it can find a ‘critical mass of future gold resources’ at Musselwhite mine: CEO Orla has finalized the acquisition of the Musselwhite mine from Newmont.
March 13, 2025 Canada initiates WTO dispute complaint on US steel, aluminum duties The move follows a separate request for consultations with the US after Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico took effect.
March 13, 2025 PDAC JV Video: High capital costs hold back mining’s clean‐energy shift BBA works closely with clients to test new technologies in real-life situations.
March 13, 2025 NexGen’s Rook 1 uranium project enters final stage approval with CNSC hearings NexGen has proposed Rook 1 as a new underground mine and mill development in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.
March 12, 2025 PDAC JV Video: Major Drilling bets on a mining upcycle, CEO says The company shifts from analog core sampling to delivering AI-powered digital data at the drill site.
March 12, 2025 Column: Bad news for American beer drinkers as aluminum tariffs kick in Some suppliers to the US could be looking to avoid Trump's tariff tantrums by re-directing sales to Europe, suggests Reuters columnist Andy Home.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm