Video Series: Mining Journal speaks with Peter BryantSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAvino Silver & Gold looks to triple production by adding assetsSPONSOREDavino silver & gold mines ltd Arizona Sonoran prepares for lift-off at CactusSPONSOREDarizona sonoran copper company inc.The funding, starting with an initial $25 million, is structured as an equity-linked pre-...Read More
Robin Dunbar, CEO of Grid Metals, talks to Mining Journal about his company's plans to capitalise on the battery metals revolution with its high potential nickel and lithium assets in CanadaRead More
Volkswagen Group on March 16 announced plans to spend €180 billion until 2027 in order to improve its electric vehicle offering and expand in markets such as North America and China.Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 26 points at 8:30 AM EDT. FedEx advanced $23.55 to $227.60 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter earnings. The company also raised guidance for the fourth quarter. Groupon dropped $0.32 to $4.58 after reporting lower than consensus fourth quarter revenues and a larger than consensus fourth quarter...Read More
I recently spoke at one of my favorite venues, the Liberty Forum in New Hampshire, which is an annual conference center on the Free State Project.It's designed to encourage people to pick up and move to the freest state in the country for community and to help protect the state from the fate that befell Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.My first time speaking there was 2012, I believe,...Read More
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The mining industry's decarbonization journey is more akin to a twisting trail race than a straight road race, with uphill efforts, sharp turns and obstacles en route, miners said during a recent industry conference.Mining firms outlined their challenges on their pathway to decarbonization at "The amazing race to decarbonize" session on Mar. 6 at PDAC in Toronto.Panellists from Lundin Mining (TSX:...Read More
Eric Desaulniers, CEO and president of Nouveau Monde Graphite discusses the Matawinie project in Quebec, the Uatnan JV with Mason Graphite following a positive economic assessment in January, and its plans for 2023. Desaulniers spoke with Northern Miner production editor Blair McBride at PDAC in Toronto in March 2023.Read More
Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP) reported a 115% increase in full-year 2022 earnings on Friday, thanks to a 31% increase in the average realized uranium price.Despite the solid financial performance, the Kazakhstan company - the world's largest producer of uranium - tempered its production forecast for 2023, saying continued delays and/or limited access to certain vital materials, including sulphuric acid a...Read More
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE-AM: IE) says visible copper in a drill hole suggested by the company's new technology bodes well for adding high-margin ore to the resource at the Santa Cruz project in Arizona. Drill hole SCC-122 outside the mineralization area at the Texaco Ridge target intersected visible copper oxide starting from 429 metres depth, the company said in a news release on Thursd...Read More
A merger of Trillium Gold (TSXV: TGM; US-OTC: TGLDF) and Pacton Gold (TSXV: PAC; US-OTC: PACXF) will create an explorer with over 15 projects spanning 1,260 sq. km in the Red Lake mining district, the companies say.Pacton's Red Lake gold project is within 20 km of Trillium's Newman Todd complex and the western portion of its Confederation Belt properties. Trillium's Leo and Pakwash properties are...Read More
The European Union has published its Critical Raw Materials Act and added copper, nickel and manganese to its list of critical materials.The CRMA, unveiled by the Brussels-based European Commission on Mar. 16, outlines that the EU would simplify permitting procedures for critical raw materials projects and that select projects would have support for access to finance and shorter permitting timefra...Read More
SVB Financial, the former-parent of Silicon Valley Bank, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning, stating that it intends to use ...Read More
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Elon Musk's team at Twitter's San Francisco HQ, led by Steve Davis, head of Musk's Boring Company, has created a "war room" to ...Read More
Russia awarded two pilots who intercepted a US drone near its airspace around Ukraine, claiming the drone was violating ...Read More
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Chinese tech company Baidu has gained government approval to operate robotaxis in part of Beijing without any human staff or ...Read More
Private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners has acquired MindGeek, the owner of pornographic streaming platforms and studios, ...Read More
The UK will ban the use of TikTok on government devices due to concerns about the Chinese-owned app's handling of user data.Read More