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...

Tesla Inc. has signed an undisclosed deal with Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. for the supply of nickel to the electric car maker, Bloomberg News is reporting, citing sources. The price of nickel, which is essential to making batteries for electric vehicles, had been rising steadily even before the conflict...

Four Sudbury entrepreneurs will compete for $15,000 in prize money during NORCAT’s 2022 Pitch event this May. The event is slated to take place on May 12 at the Sudbury Theatre Centre in downtown Sudbury. During the evening event, companies will pitch their business ideas to a panel of angel investors,...

The world’s biggest miners had a tough start to the year, struggling to hit production goals and keep costs under control in the face of Covid-19 disruptions and global inflationary pressures. Fresh from record profits, and with many commodities still trading at or near all-time highs, the economic recovery from...

Elon Musk’s worries about nickel are well-documented and in an earnings call Wednesday, Tesla’s CEO  added lithium to his list of raw material concerns. Battery production – more specifically lithium – is the “fundamental limiting factor” for electric vehicle adoption worldwide, Musk told investors: “We think we’re going to need to help...

Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has won a large order for equipment, including battery-electric machines and automation solutions, from the Canadian Malartic partnership, that will be used in a major new underground gold mine currently under construction – the Odyssey mine in...

Electra Battery Materials is putting up the ‘Help Wanted’ sign to build a workforce around its refurbished refinery and proposed battery materials park in Temiskaming. The Toronto-headquartered company is looking to fill the ranks with skilled people to work on the ground floor of a new value-added industry in Northern Ontario....

Goliath Gold is living up to its name as Treasury Metals posted a new resource estimate for the district-scale mine complex, just east of Dryden in northwestern Ontario. After digesting last year’s drilling results, the Toronto mine developer boasts an almost 3-million-ounce resource of measured, indicated and inferred gold resource at its three...

Construction hasn’t started on the road to the Ring of Fire, but the Ontario government promises the environmental assessment process is well underway. The provincial government and two remote First Nations near the remote mineral belt are calling the filing of the terms of reference of the Northern Road Link...

The organizers and trainers behind a northwestern Ontario program, geared to develop a homegrown mining workforce, are declaring it a “resounding success” after one year. An April 8 news release said 227 students participated in the Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Partnership, supporting the development of the Sioux Lookout Mining Centre of Excellence....

MineConnect member Carriere Industrial Supply Limited (CIS) is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by The Weir Group PLC (“Weir”), one of the world’s leading mining engineering businesses. CIS has served the Canadian mining market since 1964 as a premiere manufacturer, distributor and provider of highly engineered wear...

Hemlo Explorers optioning its Pic Project to north shore gold miner Hemlo Explorers is optioning up to 80 per cent ownership of its Pic Project near the north shore of Lake Superior to Barrick Gold. The Toronto-based junior miner, formerly known as Canadian Orebodies, announced last week it had signed a...