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State-owned Codelco struggles to maintain output
In October, the wheels started turning on one of the world’s largest conveyor systems. Once in full operation, 14 km of belts will bring 140,000 tonnes of ore a day to surface from huge tunnels carved out beneath Codelco’s giant…
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Metals Commentary: Trade war pause brightens copper outlook
U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on a phase-one trade deal with China on Dec. 13 to avert a planned new round of tariffs on US$160 billion of consumer goods. The news sent copper rallying to a several-month high of…
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Norilsk Nickel growth strategy risks dividend cut
Norilsk Nickel (US-OTC: NILSY) plans to boost spending on new projects over the next decade to increase production and capitalize on the growing electric car trend, but investors may need to brace for lower dividends down the road. The Russian metals…
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LITHIUM: Nemaska Lithium Provides Whabouchi Project Update
Nemaska Lithium Inc. provided an update on the overall Whabouchi project and disclosed its quarterly financials. “We have made good overall progress during the past months on both the construction at the Whabouchi mine and the detailed engineering at the…
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R&D: Manganese X Accepts National Research Council Proposal to Potentially Upgrade Manganese Ore to Produce Battery Grade Material
Montreal – Manganese X Energy Corp. is pleased to report that it recently received from the National Research Council (“NRC/CNRC”) a research proposal: “The potential of ore upgrading and purification techniques to produce battery grade material (high purity 99.999%).” The proposed project…
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COPPER: Kintavar Exploration bets on Mitchi copper project in Quebec
Noranda was poking around southern Quebec in the 1970s when it drilled into what it believed was a skarn deposit grading around 0.5% copper, and walked away because it was too low grade. That ground, now known as the Mitchi…
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FERROCHROME: Update on Noront Ferrochrome Production Facility
TORONTO — Noront Resources Ltd. today announced that it has reduced the choice of prospective locations for its proposed ferrochrome production facility (FPF) to two Northern Ontario cities: Timmins or Sault Ste. Marie. Both Thunder Bay and Sudbury have been…
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LITHIUM: Getting more value from brine – tech improvements reduce costs and increase recoveries for lithium
Bryan Schreiner, Jack Zhang and Lucinda Wood. The following is an excerpt from an article on the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) blog, From the Lab to the Loading Dock. Read the full version at www.SRC.sk.ca/blog. Lithium, the lightest metal on…
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COPPER: Carube looking to crack open Jamaican copper industry
Drilling at Carube Copper’s (TSXV: CUC) 100% owned copper-gold Bellas Gate property in Jamaica returned positive drill results this October. Carube owns 11 properties across Jamaica covering 536 sq. km of mineral rights, but its focus is on Bellas Gate, which…
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GRAPHITE: Saint John Carbon mill to be commissioned
OAKVILLE – – Saint Jean Carbon Inc. is pleased to provide an update on the construction of the Company’s mill, lab and anode material manufacturing facility. The purpose of the mill is to be able to take graphite mineralized rock and…
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Copper: Desert Star eyes BC copper through Capstone deal
Desert Star Resources believes it can offer investors unique exposure to copper production via near-term development of the Kutcho volcanogenic massive sulfide project, 100 km due east of Dease Lake, British Columbia. On June 15, the company outlined a deal with Capstone…
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Cobalt: First Cobalt proposes mergers with Cobalt One and CobalTech
Trent Mell of First Cobalt is making good on his promise to build a diversified portfolio of cobalt assets to capitalize on growing demand for the metal in battery production for the electric vehicle market. The president and CEO has signed letters of…
