BHP Group’s unsuccessful attempt to buy a junior Canadian nickel miner last year should be seen as “almost the tip of the iceberg” for its ambitions in the resource-rich country, says one of the company’s top executives. The world’s biggest mining company sees nickel as one of three “future-facing commodities” — along...

Expect 2028 to be the year when the first truckloads of nickel concentrate will be rumbling out of the James Bay lowlands to market. That was the best educated guess from Noront Resources CEO Alan Coutts on an approximate date when the Eagle’s Nest nickel mine in the Ring of...

Miller Technology is pleased to announce the first sale of its new battery electric utility vehicle for mining to the Young-Davidson Mine of Canadian mining company Alamos Gold Inc. “This is a great day for Miller, for North Bay, for Northern Ontario and for Canada,” said Dan Bachand, the CEO...

Thunder Bay was once known as one of the forest products manufacturing capitals of Canada. These days, the city looks to be shaping up to become the North American centre of lithium processing for the electric vehicle revolution. Australia’s Green Technology Metals is looking to fast-track one of its four lithium properties...

The world’s top fertilizer makers see supply disruptions that have thrown the market into chaos likely extending beyond 2022. Fertilizer prices have soared to all-time highs as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on Belarus threw a massive chunk of the world’s supply into disarray. The sanctions have the potential...

The Northern Ontario Regional Technology Development Site (RTDS) will connect Ontario’s manufacturing might with Northern Ontario’s mining and mineral expertise, talent and leadership. It will provide Northern and electric vehicle (EV) businesses with the support they need to help build the next generation of low-carbon, autonomous, electric and connected vehicles....

Canada’s Sandstorm Gold (NYSE, TSX: SAND) is growing in scale and size with the acquisitions of one royalty company and an extensive package from another for a combined total of $1.1 billion. The company said on Monday it had agreed to buy Nomad Royalty in an all-share transaction valued at $590 million...

Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) (NYSE: EGO) is aiming to resume construction at its Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece in the second half of the year, as it continues to work on a financing package. Progress at the project, halted since 2017, was in the past hindered by both government...

Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, the mineral potential of the northern reaches of Canada, the U.S., and Europe remains largely untapped. Here are eight exploration, development and mining companies active in the Arctic...

Glencore Plc is the latest giant miner to pare back production forecasts, in what’s turning out to be a difficult start to the year for companies digging up some of the world’s most important raw materials. The trend across the industry is clear — the biggest companies aren’t producing as...

A new nickel player in the Sudbury mining camp expects great results toward resurrecting a former mine, while two other junior miners pursue palladium and gold at the opposite ends of the basin. SPC Nickel cashed up over the winter with more than $3 million to go exploring for nickel, copper...

NSS Canada will be hosting two events in Vancouver next week during CIM. Attending CIM? Be sure to visit NSS Canada’s booth and RSVP for their events! NSS Technical session Join Alistair Ross and NSS Canada Monday, May 2nd from 11:50am-12:15pm in Room 109 at CIM BC22 for our Mining...

The “BEV In-Depth: Mines to Mobility” conference is a groundbreaking event that brings together a variety of stakeholders engaged in advancing the promise of a fully integrated battery electric supply chain in Ontario and throughout Canada.  As automotive manufacturers move to fully electric vehicles by 2035, and battery electric applications...

McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) has updated its exploration progress at the Fox complex near Timmins, Ont. The company is focused on expanding the resources and shortening the payback period outlined in the preliminary economic assessment for the gold-silver project. One area of interest is the Stock property, which covers...

The company formally known as Zenyatta Ventures and ZEN Graphene Solutions is taking offers for its high-grade graphite deposit, west of Hearst. Guelph-based Zentek has hired The Benchmark Group of New York to act as a “strategic financial advisor with respect to potential transactions” on its Albany Graphite Deposit. The deposit, located just off...

Public and private partners in six of Northern Ontario’s leading communities will work together to help advance technology associated with electric vehicles (EVs). The province announced on April 22 that EV research and development work would be shared between partners in North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Greater Sudbury, Temiskaming Shores,...

Kinross Gold  is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a cash and shares deal worth $225 million. The open-pit and underground mining operation in southwestern Ghana produced 154,668 gold-equivalent ounces in 2021, compared to 166,590 in 2020 and is located...

Pure Gold Mining’s path to “operational excellence” begins with a shovel-full of pink slips. Buried in an April 22 news release from the financially struggling Red Lake miner was news that 20 per cent of its workforce — 65 employees — were laid off in February to get staffing levels down from...