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MineConnect Ask the Expert: Discover the mining potential in Sweden
Join MineConnect and Business Sweden for a special presentation by Christina Keighren and Patricia Boeg-Jensen from Business Sweden. A presentation of the six primary reasons why Sweden is an ideal destination for mining-related investments. The Business Case for Sweden will be presented and discuss Sweden’s long history of mining, the...
Beardmore-area mine developer cashes up to process Ontario lithium material in Europe
Rock Tech Lithium, owners of a lithium deposit in northwestern Ontario, are poised to start construction this year on a processing plant in Germany that will be fed by its mine project near Lake Nipigon. The Vancouver-based junior miner, with strong European connections, announced Dec. 30 that it has raised...
MineConnect Hall of Fame 2021 Nominations
Leaders in the mining supply and service industry have proven that mining is only as innovative and ground breaking as the output of products and services generated through this sector. Northern Ontario mining supply and service companies have impacted the evolution of mining worldwide and are responsible for much of...
Kazakhstan uranium output unaffected by unrest
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom, remains unaffected by the ongoing turmoil in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan. “Uranium mining is going according to plan, there have been no stoppages,” a Kazatomprom spokesperson said. “The company is fulfilling its export contracts.” Uranium prices have spiked to $45.50 per pound, the highest...
Metso Outotec to sell metal recycling business
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to divest its metal recycling business line to an affiliate of Mimir, an investment company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place during the first half of 2022. The parties have decided not to disclose the value of the...
Ontario Opens Junior Exploration Program Second Intake
The Ontario government is launching the second intake of the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP) to help junior mining companies finance early mineral exploration. OJEP boosts mineral exploration and supports the province’s economic recovery, growth, and job creation, particularly in northern and Indigenous communities. The first intake of the program...
Red Lake’s Pure Gold Mining greets 2022 with new bosses
Vancouver mining company aims to cut costs, get more production, better performance at Red Lake Pure Gold Mining enters the new year with a new leadership. Darin Labrenz is out as president-CEO and is being replaced by Troy Fierro, a company director and experienced mining engineer with more than 35 years...
Gold streaming deal floats $240M to Marathon mine developer
Generation Mining strikes financing agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals for Marathon mine construction cash Generation Mining is pocketing a huge chunk of change for construction of an open-pit palladium and copper mine outside Marathon on the north shore of Lake Superior. The Toronto company announced just before Christmas that it had...
Gold price set for worst year since 2015
Gold is set to end 2021 the same way it spent much of the year: little movement and tottering along somewhere in the vicinity of $1,800 an ounce. This represents a sharp contrast to 2020, when the economic turbulence of the covid-19 pandemic drove the metal’s price to record levels as investors...
Japanese researchers find formula for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries
A team of scientists at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) developed an approach to anode fabrication that could lead to extremely fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. In a paper published in the journal Chemical Communications, the researchers explain that their strategy constitutes a relatively simple, environmentally sound, and highly efficient way to...
Electra Battery Materials inks tolling contract with Glencore
Temiskaming refinery to be start processing African cobalt in late 2022 Electra Battery Materials has signed an updated agreement with international miner Glencore in receiving African-mined cobalt in late 2022 to be refined in Temiskaming. Electra, the owners of a cobalt refinery being refurbished on the outskirts of the town of...
