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%.

March 24, 2023

Canada budget to have tax credit for equipment used to produce EVs – sources

Country will introduce in its budget a 30% investment tax credit to boost clean-tech manufacturing, Reuters reported.

March 23, 2023

Nickel price slumps as global production soars

Production from top supplier Indonesia jumped 41% in January, compared to last year.

March 23, 2023

Patriot Battery Metals extends Corvette lithium deposit in Quebec 

Patriot is exploring along a 4.3-km trend of spodumene pegmatite it discovered in 2017.