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Gold, silver and copper had a banner first half

July 12, 2024

Silver is up 33% year to date (July 8), gold is up 15.8%, and copper has gained 19.1%. Source: Trading Economics Back in December, we predicted that in 2024, commodities would see ‘a perfect storm of higher prices’. At the half-year mark, it appears th …

Nutrien donates $11m to Saskatchewan School of Mining

March 19, 2024

Saskatchewan Polytechnic has received C$15 million ($11m) the largest gift from a corporate donor in its history from Nutrien – toward its Time to Rise campaign supporting the construction of the new Saskatoon campus. In recognition, the School of Mini …

Nokia and Alcon to deploy first private LTE network in Americas supporting lithium mining

May 9, 2024

Nokia has been chosen by Sigma Lithium, a global lithium producer, to deploy the first private LTE wireless campus network in the Americas that supports lithium mining. Nokia will work with partner Alcon to roll out the private wireless network, which …

Metals security of supply depends on junior resource companies

September 19, 2024

A junior resource company’s place in the food chain is to acquire projects, make discoveries and hopefully advance them to the point when a larger mining company takes it over. Discoveries won’t be made if juniors don’t have boots on the ground, if the …

Copper juniors converge in British Columbia, Yukon Territories

April 26, 2024

A junior resource company’s place in the mining food chain is to acquire projects, make discoveries and hopefully advance them to the point when a larger mining company takes it over. Discoveries won’t be made if juniors aren’t out in the bush looking …

The mad scramble for copper

June 21, 2024

In 2017, the Chilean government approved a $2.5 billion expansion of BHP’s Spence copper mine — the diversified miner’s second largest copper mine behind Escondida. In 2020, BHP became the top shareholder in SolGold (TSX:SOLG), an Australian miner deve …

Miners down tools at two Chilean copper mines as majors struggle to maintain production levels

August 19, 2024

The copper market continues to be challenged by supply issues, with two large mines in Chile hit by strikes. On Monday, Lundin Mining (TSX:LUN) said it will gradually cut down activities at the Caserones copper mine after a small part of its workforce …

‘Indispensible’ mining and juniors’ place in the food chain

February 12, 2024

Due to our fascination with computers, social networks, and intellectual capital, we seem to have lost our connection with real, tangible goods, that starts with materials dug up or farmed. With skilled labor, these materials are transformed into goods …

Graphite One could take a leading role in loosening China’s grip on US graphite market

August 2, 2024

Due to its natural strength and stiffness, graphite is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. It is also stable over a wide range of temperatures. Graphite is thus found in a wide range of consumer devices, including smartphones, laptops, tabl …

Zutari recognizes women engineers on World Engineering Day

March 5, 2024

To recognise the pivotal role of engineering in shaping our world, this year’s theme for World Engineering Day on March 4 is ‘Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World’. It showcases how engineers develop innovative solutions to address global chal …

Underperforming precious metals and copper stocks poised to correct

April 1, 2024

Spot gold gained 13% in 2023 and so far this year, is up 6%. Thursday March 28th, gold ended the day at $2,233.00 oz, a strong performance given the headwinds facing the precious metal.These include a strong US dollar, positive real yields (Treasury yi …

Copper: Humanity’s first and most important future metal

July 17, 2024

As the third most-consumed metal behind iron ore and aluminum, copper is all around us. Found naturally in the Earth’s crust, copper was the first metal used by humans, dating back to the 8th century BC.  Three thousand years later, homo sapiens figure …

Graphite’s war-fighting capabilities

April 4, 2024

The energy transition and digitalization have made critical minerals top of mind for policymakers and investors alike. However, little is said about the role that these minerals, including graphite, play in the defense sector, and the impact of supply …

Codelco can do more if given a better partner for the Atacama salt flat

April 16, 2024

Codelco is the acronym for the National Copper Corporation of Chile, state-owned autonomous company whose main focus is to explore, develop and exploit mining resources, process them to produce refined copper and by-products, and then market them to cu …

Copper, this dog will hunt

February 16, 2024

More manufacturing will boost the demand for copper. Jeff Currie noted that of all metals, copper has the most scope for gains. United States ISM Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Robert Friedland, the billionaire founder of Ivanhoe Mines, agrees, foreca …

Silver looks ready to rip

August 29, 2024

Last Friday, United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said “the time has come” to begin lowering interest rates, a process that will likely begin at the Fed’s Sept. 17-18 meeting.Markets are widely anticipating a 25-basis-points cut, or even 5 …

Five reasons why we are entering the next copper super cycle

June 17, 2024

A “commodity super cycle” is a period of consistent price increases lasting more than five years, and in some cases, decades. The Bank of Canada defines it as an “extended period during which commodity prices are well above or below their long-run tren …

The commodity supercycle revisited

September 2, 2024

A “commodity supercycle” is a period of consistent price increases lasting more than five years, and in some cases, decades. The Bank of Canada defines it as an “extended period during which commodity prices are well above or below their long-run trend …

Natural Gas certainly looks set to increase in price

September 19, 2024

La Niña is favored to emerge in September-November (71% chance) and is expected to persist through January-March 2025,” the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said in its monthly outlook issued on September 12. La Nina episodes in the winter months f …

Micromine offers complimentary access to advanced data management platform 

July 3, 2024

Mining technology company Micromine announced that the full versions of its advanced cloud-native data management platform, Micromine Nexus, is now available at no cost to all Micromine customers.  This strategy underscores Micromine’s commitment to dr …

Research and Innovation week at Cambrian College coming up in Sudbury, Ontario

March 25, 2024

From medical dummies to drill holes, plenty of research and development (R&D) happens at Cambrian College during Research and Innovation Week, taking place April 8-12 at Cambrian’s main campus in Sudbury, Ontario. “We cover everything from agricult …

Accelerating trends in metals and mining dealmaking: Q&A with Sidley M&A Partner

March 6, 2024

The metals and mining industry saw a significant rise in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2023 —driven by the global energy transition, a theme market analysts expect to continue in 2024. Global investment in clean energy is rising, and so …

British Columbia exploration spending hits 10-year high in 2022

March 7, 2023

Exploration for copper was the driving force behind a record-setting year for provincial spending in British Columbia. Fueled by favourable market conditions and demand, copper exploration spending jumped 84% year over year in 2022, rising from C$128 m …

Taseko and Mitsui partner to develop Florence copper project

December 23, 2022

Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO) has partnered with Mitsui to develop the Florence copper project located in Arizona. Mitsui has committed an initial investment of $50 million for the construction of the commercial production facility. This initial investment w …

Camino to partner with Japan’s Nittetsu at Los Chapitos copper project in Peru

February 1, 2023

Camino Corp. (TSXV: COR) has signed a letter of intent to partner with Japan’s Nittetsu Mining Co. at its Los Chapitos copper exploration project in Peru. Nittetsu currently operates the Atacama Kozan copper mine located in northern Chile that was deve …

From competitor to partner, AI joins forces with explorers

March 7, 2024

MINING versus TECH. If you’re a long term reader you’ll know I’ve framed tech in a rather sceptical light.  Perhaps unfairly.  But when it comes to liquidity in the financial system
 There’s only so much dosh that can go around, especially within the r …

Rio Tinto, Aymium partner on decarbonization initiative in Québec 

July 26, 2024

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and Aymium, a California-based manufacturer, have formed a new joint venture, Évolys QuĂ©bec Inc., to manufacture a renewable metallurgical biocarbon product to reduce carbon emissions in large-scale industrial processes.   This bio …

Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec

September 19, 2024

Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM) is advancing the giant GaspĂ© copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency Investissement QuĂ©bec. “No promises, but they’re interest …

Teck, Taku River Tlingit First Nation, BC partner on Tulsequah Chief mine remediation

June 25, 2024

The province of British Columbia, Teck Resources (TSX: TECK:B) and the Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) have agreed to jointly advance remediation of the former Tulsequah Chief mine site.  Five years after the Ministry of Energy and Mines first …

Ma’aden, Bahrain’s Alba partner to pursue global aluminum business 

September 16, 2024

Ma’aden, Saudi Arabia’s largest mining company, and Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminum smelters, have signed non-binding terms to pursue the potential formation of a global aluminum business.   This potential combination of Ma …

Video: Argo Digital Gold aims to shake up retail physical metal access

April 10, 2024

A new investment platform called Argo Digital Gold, backed by the Sprott Family and SCP Resource Finance chair Peter Grosskopf, launched last month to transform how investors interact with gold, says president Michael Petch. The platform aims to innova …

Critical Metals, Obeikan partner to build lithium hydroxide processing plant in Saudi Arabia 

July 9, 2024

Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) announced Tuesday it has finalized a deal with the Obeikan Group to form a joint venture to construct and commission a large-scale lithium hydroxide processing plant in Saudi Arabia.   The 50%/50% JV will be geared t …