March 28, 2023

Cameco wins $220m tax refund, seeks hundreds of millions more

Canada’s largest uranium miner says it’s due to receive C$89 million in cash and C$211 million in letters of credit after reassessments by the CRA.

March 28, 2023

Talon Metals, EnviCore team up to challenge mining waste conventions

EnviCore and Talon are testing samples from the Tamarack nickel-copper tailings for their suitability as supplementary cementation material.

March 28, 2023

Sandvik gets $63 million order from Torex Gold

The order includes 15 battery-electric vehicles and 20 conventional internal combustion engine equipment units.

March 28, 2023

Lundin Mining pays $950m for controlling stake in Caserones copper mine in Chile

The Canadian miner is acquiring a 51% stake in the company that operates Caserones from Japan’s JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corp.

March 27, 2023

British Columbia eyes economic boost with three new gold mines

It has been six years since the last new gold mine – Brucejack – went into production in the province

March 27, 2023

Foran closes C$100m private placement for Saskatchewan exploration

Foran holds eight properties encompassing over 140,000 hectares within the Hanson Lake District of eastern Saskatchewan.

March 27, 2023

Copper Mountain shrugs off disappointing 2022, sets improved output guidance

For 2023, the company is forecasting copper production to reach 88 million to 99 million lb.

March 27, 2023

Mexico okays Pan American Silver-Yamana Gold deal

With the acquisition of Yamana, Pan American is increasing its Latin American portfolio to 12 mining operations.

March 24, 2023

Graphic: The impact of vehicle sizes on mineral demand in the EV market

While a Tata Motors Tiago battery contains only 1.1kg of LCE, a Tesla Semi truck requires over 500kg of it to operate.

March 24, 2023

Mitsubishi enters Casino project in Yukon, acquiring 5% stake in Western Copper

In summer 2022, Western published a feasibility study on the Casino project, outlining an after-tax NVP of C$2.3 billion with an IRR of 18.1%.