May 26, 2020

Lithium producers must wait as covid slows EV revolution

Investors are giving the cold shoulder to mine developers seeking funding for lithium projects.

May 26, 2020

Scotiabank takes $168 million hit as it shuts historic gold unit

The bank has been caught up in regulatory scrutiny of its precious metals trading.

May 26, 2020

USA Rare Earth finishes Phase 1 testing for Texas project

USA Rare Earth plans to establish a domestic rare earths supply chain.

May 25, 2020

Northern Dynasty’s Pebble project passes key milestone

If permitted, Pebble would be North America’s largest mine, with an estimate resource of 6.5 billion tonnes in the measured and indicated category.

May 22, 2020

Kaminak Gold founders back in business in Alaska

Four years after its $520 million exit, group launches company focused on Alaska.

May 22, 2020

Rising US-China tensions halt copper price rally

Massive infrastructure spending announced by Beijing does little to assuage fears of full-on trade war between world's largest economies.

May 22, 2020

The global race to mine outer space

ispace has already booked and paid for flights with Elon Musk-founded Space X.

May 22, 2020

Gold price up as pressure builds on US-China relations

Analysts believe macro and geopolitical uncertainty should continue to support gold prices for 6-12 months.

May 22, 2020

Dominion Diamond unveils plan to avoid bankruptcy

It involves selling its assets for about $177 million, which could pave the way to restart its idled Ekati mine.

May 22, 2020

A gold vault in London is key to $62 billion ETF success

SPDR Gold Shares has taken in nearly $12 billion in 2020, ranking it third for worldwide ETF inflows behind two equity-focused funds.