The U.S. is Canada’s biggest consumer of mineral resources
Ontario’s resource sector, now on the front lines of a trade war with America, is a significant engine of growth
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Canada
Rio Tinto invests to maintain anode production at Grande-Baie smelter
SAGUENAY – Rio Tinto will invest US$165 million (CA$226 million) in its Grande-Baie smelter to refurbish two anode baking furnaces that have reached
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Rio Tinto to build the largest solar power plant in Canada’s North
YELLOWKNIFE, Canada – Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories, featuring over
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NAL producesw 30,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate
North American lithium producer Sayona Mining has announced it achieved a new production milestone at its North American Lithium operation
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Torngat Metals and Metso to process rare earth deposit in Canada
Torngat Metals Ltd. and Metso have signed a contract for large-volume pilot scale processing of ore. The focus of the
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Gold Fields partners with Osisko to develop Windfall gold project in Canada
Johannesburg – Gold Fields Limited has announced a partnership with Osisko Mining to develop and mine the world class underground
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Sayona’s Quebec Lithium operation progresses rapidly towards restart
Emerging lithium producer Sayona Mining has further progressed the restart of production at its North American Lithium (NAL) operation in
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Marathon approves Valentine gold project with upped capex estimate
Marathon Gold has announced that its Board of Directors has made a formal decision to proceed to construction of the
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New aluminium recycling centre in Arvida Quebec
Arvida Plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec is getting investment from Rio Tinto of US$29 million to build a new aluminium recycling
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Rio Tinto commissions new aluminium remelt furnace
SAGUENAY, Canada – Rio Tinto has commissioned a new remelt furnace at its Laterrière Plant, adding 22,000 metric tons of
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Alcoa Completes Energy Project to Boost Aluminium Production
PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has completed a capital project that is expected to improve stability, increase efficiency, and boost production
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BHP suffers defeat, loses Noront Resources
Melbourne, Victoria – BHP Lonsdale Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP, has announced that it will not increase or
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Rio Tinto becomes sole owner of Diavik Diamond Mine
MONTREAL – Rio Tinto has become the sole owner of Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada, continuing
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Rio Tinto to increase low-carbon AP60 aluminium production
MONTREAL – Rio Tinto is investing US$87 million to increase its low-carbon aluminium production in Canada with 16 new smelting
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Li-Metal to commercialise of its anode production technology
TORONTO, ON – Li-Metal Corp., a leading developer of lithium metal anode and lithium metal technologies critical for next-generation batteries,
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Canada and Cuba: key cobalt upstream players in the Americas
The Americas is a small player in the global cobalt production landscape, and we believe prospects for significant growth in
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Implats concentrate production increases by 16%, record financial results
Impala Platinum (Implats) delivered meaningful progress in achieving operational excellence, with an improved safety performance coupled with an industry leading
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Surge begins exploration program at its copper-silver project
VANCOUVER, BC – Surge Battery Minerals Ihas announced that it has begun its fall exploration program at the Caledonia Copper-Silver
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Imperial Oil to produce renewable diesel using locally grown crops
Imperial Oil plans to build a renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Canada, using locally grown vegetable
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BHP approves investment in Jansen Stage 1 potash project
BHP has yesterday approved US$5.7 billion (C$7.5 billion) in capital expenditure for the Jansen Stage 1 (Jansen S1) potash project
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Impala Platinum Canada benefits from improved plant availability
Impala Canada benefitted from improved plant availability and increased contributions from high-grade underground ore sources during the period Quarter ended
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Low carbon ironmaking for low carbon steel
QUEBEC, Canada – Stahl Holding Saar, Rio Tinto and Paul Wurth have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the
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AMY achieves 99.7% extraction of lithium-ion battery material
SURREY, B.C., CANADA – American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has reported that the RecycLiCo pilot plant leach stages achieved 99.7% extraction
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TechMet gets investment to produce technology metals
DUBLIN/WASHINGTON DC – The US International Development Finance Corporation has made a $25 million investment into TechMet Ltd, a private
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Kinross reports strong 2020 third-quarter results
Kinross Gold Corporation, in its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, said it produced 603,312 attributable gold
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Impala Platinum operations improved by 18%
Gross tonnes milled at Impala Platinum managed operations improved by 18% to 6.13 million tonnes during the quarter ending September
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De Beers keeps diamond production guidance unchanged
Rough diamond production decreased by 4% to 7.2 million carats driven by planned reductions in production to reflect the lower
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