March 12, 2021 First Majestic buys Nevada gold mine from Sprott First Majestic is paying $470 million in shares for the Jerritt Canyon mine, plus five million share purchase warrants.
March 11, 2021 Cobalt, nickel free electric car batteries are a runaway success Few months in, LFP Model 3 already commands 5% of global EV market, counts for 21% of Tesla battery capacity hitting roads–even before key patent expiry next year.
March 11, 2021 Rio Tinto inks deal to sell first batch of scandium alloy from North America The scandium oxide will be supplied from a new plant the global miner is building in Quebec.
March 11, 2021 Gold price erases gains with yields rebounding on stimulus approval Yields are in the rise again on approval of the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, as well as promising jobs data.
March 10, 2021 Global mining cross border M&A deals worth $7.7bn in Q4 – report The value marked an increase of 593.7% over the previous quarter.
March 10, 2021 Energy Fuels to start rare earth recovery in Utah The first shipments of natural monazite ore have arrived at the White Mesa mill in Utah.
March 10, 2021 Discovery Harbour partners with Newcrest on Nevada gold project, stock jumps The companies have entered an option and earn-in agreement for the early-stage Fortuity 89 gold property.
March 10, 2021 More platinum deficits to come after record undersupply in 2020 – WPIC By disrupting mining activity, the coronavirus pandemic affected platinum supply much more than demand, pushing the roughly 8-million ounce market into a deficit of 932,000 ounces last year.
March 10, 2021 Western Rare Earths gets drill permit for La Paz project in Arizona The company believes the topography at La Paz lends itself to substantially increase the resource by deeper drilling in the lower plate.
March 10, 2021 Newmont to buy GT Gold for $311 million The all-cash deal gives Newmont the Tatogga gold-copper project, located in the Tahltan Nation's territory in northwestern BC.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says One of the world’s biggest lithium traders is seeing a turnaround in the battery metal market as accelerating demand ends a glut that dragged down prices. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
