March 8, 2023 Canada will not retrospectively target Chinese investments in mining companies, minister says In November, Canada had asked three Chinese companies to sell their stakes in Toronto-listed lithium explorers following a national security review.
March 8, 2023 Mexico’s mining association signs onto MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining Camimex joins 11 other mining associations around the world, the fifth in Latin America.
March 7, 2023 British Columbia exploration spending hits 10-year high in 2022 Copper exploration spending jumped 84% year over year in 2022, rising from C$128 million in 2021 to C$235 million.
March 7, 2023 CIM and Rio Tinto partner to advance mining industry innovation in Canada Aim is to expand awareness of the essential contribution mining makes to society while serving as an incubator for innovation and advancement in ESG practices.
March 6, 2023 Battery metals projects catch eye of pension funds and carmakers The rush for metals needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” BMO analyst says.
March 6, 2023 Teck, UBC announce $2.9m investment for tailings management research and education A new professorship will aim to strengthen the pipeline of skilled engineers to work in tailings management immediately after graduating.
March 6, 2023 Canada says working to ease permitting process for mining companies Canada is working toward easing permitting process for mining companies so that the permitting does not take several years.
March 6, 2023 Agnico Eagle CEO mulls move to go big or get small in Australia Agnico has never been a company that “pounds our chest on size and getting bigger for the sake of getting bigger,” CEO Ammar Al-Joundi said.
March 6, 2023 Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario.
March 6, 2023 Forum Energy buys out Rio Tinto’s share of Janice Lake copper The property covers 39,943 hectares in north-central Saskatchewan.
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
