With the world reopening, and even U.S. blue states repealing mandates, how optimistic should we be? In my view, a little bit is warranted but not that much.There are huge pressures from high places right now to institute a social credit system in the West. If your politics are wrong, or you accidentally become an enemy of the state, they can freeze your accounts and essentially starve you and you...Read More

Liberal: A supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy and free enterprise.There you have Mr. Webster's liberal - the liberal of lore, the liberal of common understanding.This liberal is a spacious and tolerant fellow. He is all right.His liberalism is... if you will indulge us... the liberalism of The Daily Reckoning. We are with Jeff...Read More

Speaking at the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday, Friedland said the world was entering the "electric everything era".Read More

C3 Metals' Jasperoide copper project lies at the intersection of large-scale structures traversing through two of the world's most productive copper porphyry strikes - and in 2022, the company plans to drill deeper than ever before.Southern Peru is crisscrossed by some of the world's largest copper-bearing geological formations. Follow the Benoni Fault east from the Las Bambas mine for 40km and it...Read More

Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherThe target was indicated by Los Cerros' very successful drilling to date, geological modelling and subsequent geophysics.Read More

There is plenty of untapped potential beneath the Australian soil for ASX-listed copper exploration company Alma Metals, as it focuses on identifying today the low-risk copper projects that will be economically viable tomorrow.Alma Metal's CEO Frazer Tabeart said the company's years of experience in the exploration and mining industry means it is well-placed to unearth the next large-scale copper...Read More

The London-listed equities of Alba Minerals (LSE: ALBA) and GreenRoc Mining (AIM: GROC) rose on Tuesday following a maiden graphite resource for the Greenland-based Amitsoq project.GreenRoc has compiled a Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (JORC) compliant indicated and inferred resources of 8.28 million tonnes at an average grade of 19.75% graphitic carbon, giving a total graphite content of 1.63 mill...Read More

Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherWorst affected by a wave of heavy-duty discounting of second-tier ore was the Australian company Mineral Resources which posted a pre-tax loss of A$6 million in the...Read More

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, already pushing up prices for an array of commodities rapidly higher since it began on Feb. 24 - including adding a record 250% to the price of nickel over the past two days - will have longer-lasting structural effects on metals and mining markets and supply, said BMO Metals and Mining in a report released on Monday. The report "Ukraine & Russia: Identifying Exposur...Read More

Women working across the resource industry continue to face challenges around bullying, discrimination and inequitable treatment, a new report by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) shows.According to the document, which is based on the responses of 550 people polled for the organization's fourth annual Women in Mining Survey, 70% of female respondents said bullying is com...Read More

Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherBlackstone has ambitious plans for a vertically integrated metals processing business in Vietnam.Read More

This week's episode features Integra Resources president and CEO George Salamis in conversation with Northern Miner Podcast host Adrian Pocobelli. George discusses the recent BMO conference in Florida, supply concerns ("We're short on everything"), and how North America can streamline its metal production with faster permitting timelines.This week's CEO Spotlight features Lomiko Metals chief execu...Read More

The London Metal Exchange (LME) cancelled nickel trading on Tuesday after a first-time 250% price spike triggered by Western sanctions against major producer Russia, which left brokers struggling to pay margin calls against unprofitable short positions.Prices for the metal, key ingredient in batteries that power electric cars and high-tech devices, soared to a record above US$100,000 a tonne amid...Read More

Mkango Resources (TSXV: MKA) says that it has produced neodymium and praseodymium enriched rare earth carbonate on a pilot basis from raw materials taken from its Songwe Hill Rare Earths project in Malawi in east Africa. The company's CEO William Dawes told The Northern Miner that the hydrometallurgical piloting, which took place at Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, was a...Read More

Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat panther  Given that it is only seven years since BHP loaded South32 with a fistful of its leftovers deemed non-core and then kicked its creation out the back door it'...Read More

A committee tasked with rewriting the Chilean constitution has approved an early-stage proposal that opens the door to the country nationalizing some of the world's most significant copper and lithium mines.The local media outlet, emol, reported on Monday the constituent assembly's motion brought by the environmental committee received 13 votes in favour, with three against and three abstentions.T...Read More

Mining Journal and MiningNews.Net Copper Outlook ReportSPONSOREDEro Copper touts green focus and shareholder returnsSPONSOREDero copperFor C3 Metals, X marks the spotSPONSOREDc3 metalsGreat Panther, great prospectsSPONSOREDgreat pantherIt has been something of a white-knuckle ride since coming on board in September 2019.Read More

The growing demand for Geodrill's (TSX: GEO; OTC-US: GDLFF) suite of services is set to increase amid heightened investor demand for haven assets like gold. This, in turn, drives interest in metal production and pushes exploration budgets higher, CEO David Harper tells The Northern Miner.The Toronto-based services company reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 revenue growth of 8.2% year-over-...Read More

In another important milestone towards its goal of developing a sustainable battery supply chain in North America, Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; US-OTC: ELBMF), the company formerly known as First Cobalt, has obtained final approval of the updated closure plan for its hydrometallurgical facility in Ontario.Electra's business strategy is to produce sufficient battery material on an annual...Read More

A 62% jump in passenger electric vehicles (EVs) registrations in the second half of 2021 to 5.84 million units continues to drive an intensifying demand in the battery metals sector, the latest data release from Adamas Intelligence shows.According to the market analyst, an 86% increase in passenger EV registrations in the Asia Pacific region positions it as the top EV market, followed by the Ameri...Read More