August 24, 2017

Bacanora to complete Sonora lithium project feasibility study this year

Final study focuses on a two-phase open pit mine and lithium carbonate processing facility with a life of over 20 years.

August 24, 2017

Eager for red-hot cobalt gains, investors think small

Prices for cobalt, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, have spiked 83 percent this year.

August 23, 2017

Shale may be gone but BHP won’t ditch potash

After pressure BHP is exiting oil and gas. Expect similar calls for shelving its $12 billion Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan to fall on deaf ears.

August 23, 2017

Mining finance legend takes leave from Howe Street

The venture capital community pays tribute as Vancouver legend Jake Fiddick retires

August 21, 2017

BHP says not to seek go-ahead for its Jansen potash project in 2018

Due to uncertain timing on the need for the commodity used as fertilizer

August 21, 2017

Canada’s Ontario province to build roads into Ring of Fire region

The province first committed $1 billion to fund infrastructure into the chromite-rich area in 2014.

August 20, 2017

Voisey’s Bay underground mine on hold

Plans to extend the life of the Voisey's Bay nickel mine in northern Labrador by moving operations underground – already once delayed – are now on hold.

August 18, 2017

Zimbabwe tightens screws on miners’ export earnings in forex crunch

The country's Reserve Bank has ordered platinum and chrome miners to surrender 80 percent of their export earnings to the central bank as the country struggles to contain a crippling…

August 17, 2017

Ex-Integra Gold executives launch new mining exploration company

The company, to be named Integra Resources Corp, plans to acquire an advanced-stage gold-silver project in Canada or the United States in the next two months, and then apply to…

August 17, 2017

Argentina confirms charges for Barrick employees over 2015 cyanide spill at Veladero

Court of appeals says charges of “pollution, negligence and malpractice" still in place for 8 of 9 people.