As the energy revolution gathers momentum, so too intensifies the pressure from the investment community on miners to create net-zero emissions operations that produce sustainable upstream products feeding the new green economy, a panel heard during the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colo.According to Jamie Keech, executive chairman of Vida Carbon Corp., a pool of about US$39 trillion of...Read More
Quebec, more than any other province in Canada, has been ahead of the curve in working to join the EV economy. Its vast hydroelectricity infrastructure gives it an advantage in clean, low-carbon energy that is essential to "green" manufacturing, and it has supported the nascent battery industry with significant public investment. It was also the first to outline plans for critical minerals explora...Read More
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) has earmarked US$143 million to finish migrating its upstream mine waste storage facilities in Brazil, where two major tailings tragedies occurred in recent year, to dry-stack operations.The South African miner is investing close to US$42 per oz. on transforming its tailings dams built using the upstream method to comply with the country's new legal...Read More
NorZinc (TSX: NZC; OTC: NORZF) has initiated a feasibility study level metallurgical test program on its Prairie Creek project located in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories. The program will be conducted by SGS Canada, a leading technical services provider, with the objective of finalizing milling parameters and performance characteristics for the first three to five years of planned...Read More
A court in Burkina Faso has found two managers of Canada's Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flash flood trapped and killed eight miners in April at the company's Perkoa zinc operation in the west African country.The managers, arrested in late August, received different sentences, according to local news agencies.Hein Frey, the mine's general manag...Read More
At Santa Cecilia, Torq recently signed a seven-year social access agreement, allowing drilling and other exploration activities to commence in one of the most prospective districts in Chile.Read More
Stocks stabilized today after yesterday's bloodbath, the market's worst day in over two years. But if you're tempted to "buy the dip," I'd think twice. The worst may be yet to come. Here's a little tip:A colleague has informed me that institutional traders - not mom and pop retail investors - have recently taken out over $8 billion in "crash protection." That's a record high.The last time we saw s...Read More
Copper Fox Metals (TSXV: CUU; OTC: CPFXF) has suspended plans to complete the proposed 2,500-metre drilling program on its 100% owned Eaglehead polymetallic porphyry copper project in northwestern British Columbia. The property is located 50 km east of Dease Lake, covering a large portion (nearly 165 sq. km) of the Lower Jurassic age Eaglehead stock.The decision to suspend drilling comes as the Ca...Read More
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released another hot inflation report yesterday, announcing an 8.3% increase in the consumer price index (CPI) over the past year. This marked the sixth month in a row annual CPI has increased more than 8%.And, of course, this really comes as no surprise.Economists and analysts like myself have been warning about significant inflationary pressures resulting from the...Read More
Former BHP iron ore boss Jimmy Wilson started yesterday as executive director for 18 months after which he will move to a non-executive director role.Read More
China is the world's largest producer of hydrogen, but virtually all of the 33Mt it produces every year is made using coal and natural gas or comes as an industrial byproduct.Read More
Share this article TORONTO - Electric Royalties Ltd. [ELEC-TSXV, ELECF-OTCQB] said its royalty interest in Voyager Metals Inc.'s [VONE-TSXV] Mont Sorcier iron and vanadium project near Chibougamau, Quebec is expected to generate average annual royalty revenues of between US$750,000 and US$1.5 million annually.The estimate is based on a production scenario that is outlined in Voyager's preliminary...Read More
Drilling highlights included 265.75m grading 2.44 g/t gold equivalent and 326.05m grading 1.07g/t.Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipNorth Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDFormer BHP iron ore boss Jimmy Wilson started yesterday as executive director for 18 months after which he will move to a non-executive directo...Read More
The expected capital costs were contained in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) case released by the firm that would represent a 140% throughput increase from a Stage 2A expansion at the mine inRead More
North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDChina is the world's largest producer of hydrogen, but virtually all of the 33Mt it produces every year is made using coal and natural gas or comes as an industrial byproduct.Read More
North Gilbey's a Gascoyne game-changerSPONSOREDgascoyne resources ltdMining Journal and MiningNews.Net Critical Minerals reportSPONSOREDSun shines on Saturn MetalsSPONSOREDsaturn metalsEven before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, onshoring was gathering momentum, a trend viewed by many as shorthand for deglobalisation.Read More
(IDEX Online) - Police shot and injured a man suspected of stabbing a jewelry sales associate with a kitchen knife in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.They named him as Jose Reyes-Serrato, 27, and say the employee, who worked at Macy's department store, at the Mall of Georgia, as 55-year-old David Walker.Both men have been recovering in hospital after the incident and are expected to survive.Local polic...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds today announced increased sales of $102.9m at its latest rough tender, and revealed it would reinstate dividends to shareholders on the back of a revenue hike.The UK-based miner said it sold 520,011 carats at its first tender of FY2023, down nine per cent on the previous tender in June. But an 11 per cent in prices pushed overall revenue up from $93m.Average price pe...Read More
(IDEX Online) - British actress Lily James fronts a new campaign for the Natural Diamond Council, promoting the beauty of natural diamonds.The 33-year-old Emmy-nominated star, known for roles in Pam and Tommy and Downton Abbey, has been appointed by as the council's global ambassador."It has been illuminating to discover the positive impact of the natural diamond industry across the globe and...Read More