October 13, 2022

Rio Tinto sells Roughrider project to Uranium Energy for $109 million

The Roughrider uranium project is located 13 km west of the McClean Lake uranium mill in Saskatchewan.

October 13, 2022

Electra begins commissioning battery materials recycling demonstration plant in Ontario

Electra is currently retrofitting its existing cobalt sulphate refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, to accommodate its proprietary hydrometallurgical process designed to treat black mass.

October 13, 2022

Marathon Gold begins early works at Valentine project in Newfoundland

Valentine is considered the largest undeveloped gold project in Atlantic Canada.

October 13, 2022

First female minister of mining in Chile dies at 57

Karen Poniachik, well known journalist who became the country’s first female minister of mining, sat on the board of Lundin Mining.

October 13, 2022

Barrick sees full-year gold output at lower end of forecast

It now expects full-year gold production to be at the low end of the 4.2 million-4.6 million ounces range it forecast earlier.

October 12, 2022

New research says critical metals for renewable energy products can be found in existing mines

To fill in the gaps and create estimates of critical minerals, geologists developed proxies to estimate tellurium content globally.

October 12, 2022

Shell launches consortium to speed up electrification of mining vehicles

The oil and gas giant has attracted eight companies to accelerate the adoption of electric trucks and renewables in mining.

October 11, 2022

Cameco, Brookfield Renewable Partners to buy Westinghouse in $7.9 billion deal

"The partnership of Brookfield and Cameco will help drive forward the growth of nuclear power the world needs for its clean energy transition,” says Carney.

October 11, 2022

Rio Tinto’s aging Quebec plant gets $374 million upgrade in critical metals push

Fer et Titane plant in Sorel-Tracy to get upgrades that include electrifying furnaces and replacing coal in a push to cut the facility’s carbon emissions in half by 2030.

October 11, 2022

Strike ends at Westshore Terminals coal port in British Columbia

The Westshore coal terminal at Roberts Bank – which typically processes about 33 million tonnes of coal a year – is among the busiest such facilities in Canada and along…