June 13, 2023

Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Caucharí-Olaroz

The output quality was lower than battery-standard lithium carbonate, but is part of the Argentinean mine commissioning process.

June 12, 2023

Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance

Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate from Hasting’s Yangibana project in Western Australia.

June 12, 2023

Rio Tinto to invest $1.1 billion to expand aluminum smelter in Canada

Construction will run over two-and-a-half years.

June 12, 2023

Glencore bids for Teck Resources’ coal unit

The Swiss miner and commodities giant is willing to buy Teck's steelmaking coal business as alternative to a full merger.

June 9, 2023

Mining’s changing ESG landscape

Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.

June 9, 2023

Canadian operations halted as miners grapple with record wildfires

Record-setting wildfires have been wreaking havoc across Canada since March, reaching peak intensity this month.

June 8, 2023

Winsome Resources inks deal to expand Adina lithium project in Quebec

The agreement would allow Winsome to acquire the 29 claims in the bordering Jackpot property and expand its total tenure in the James Bay area to more than 871.5 sq.…

June 8, 2023

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.

June 8, 2023

Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel

The process at the Crawford nickel project can store 1.0 million tonnes of carbon annually.

June 8, 2023

Franco-Nevada grows royalty on Marathon Gold’s Valentine project

Valentine is considered the largest undeveloped gold project in Atlantic Canada and is scheduled to begin production by the first quarter of 2025.