The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10, Canadian headquartered base metal and uranium juniors - with no production and which are not a royalty or streaming company. The ranking is based on market capitalization as of late-June.1. Ivanhoe MinesUS$4.5 billion market capitalizationWorkers at Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa-Kakula copper project, 25 km west of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of...Read More

Alexco Resource (TSX: AXU; NYSE-AM: AXU) has received a draft water licence from the Yukon Water Board for its Keno Hill silver operation, and is moving forward with plans to produce its first concentrate before the end of the year.While the draft amended and renewed water licence does not include the Lucky Queen and Onek deposits, it does include three of four deposits in the mine plan for the p...Read More

Mining the seafloor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should not start until a full evaluation of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) says.The group of academics and environmentalists believe an international moratorium on deep-sea mining is urgently needed. Otherwise, the...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has started exploration at Forum Energy Metals' (TSXV: FMC) Janice Lake sedimentary copper-silver project in northern Saskatchewan.The major is earning up to an 80% interest in the project from Forum Energy Metals, which has optioned the property from Transition Metals.Crews have begun construction of the 50 person camp on the property at Burbidge Lake.Structural, g...Read More

Rupert Resources on a Roll at IkkariSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesI turned 55 the other day. Under normal circumstances sufficient cause for a knees up, but in this instance the day came and went without an...Read More

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June 23, 2020 - WASHINGTON - The American Biogas Council (ABC) praised the release of the long awaited infrastructure package by the U.S. House of Representatives entitled, The Moving Forward Act (H.R.2). The $1.5 trillion proposal to rebuild U.S. communities with infrastructure and innovation i ...Read full newsRead More

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Canada's geological terrain and adherence to the rule of law position the country as a go-to destination for companies looking to establish and operate mineral projects.Read full newsRead More

On Thursday, the Canadian stock market reversed initial losses to turn positive for the day — after losing 1.7% on Wednesday. Yesterday’s losses were primarily driven by the rising number of coronavirus cases in many U.S. states.Nonetheless, after opening on a slightly negative note, the S&P/TSX Composite Index was up by 0.5% this afternoon despite worse-than-expected U.S. unemploy...Read More

The stock market rebound since the March crash already wiped out many of the great 2020 deals. Despite the strong recovery, some stocks still remain cheap and could deliver massive gains for contrarian investors as the global economy recovers in 2021.Commodities playTech and biotech stocks are at new all-time highs. Commodity stocks, however, continue trade at discounted prices due to weak market...Read More

Secondary break trial at Cadia using MacLean's Auto Explosive Loader enabled with Orica's WebGen wireless technology Credit: Newcrest Newcrest Mining's Cadia Valley underground mine in New South Wales, Australia, has successfully tested new technology from MacLean Engineering and Orica in a 30-day trial. The site used remote drilling, loading and wireless blasting to remove the workers from...Read More

Pebble project in Alaska. Image courtesy of Northen Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM) has taken further steps in the Pebble project planning by announcing a low-cost energy sharing program in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska.On Thursday, the company's US-based subsidiary Pebble Partnership sent a request for proposal (RFP) process to advance planning for its plans to shar...Read More

Stornoway's Renard diamond mine, in north-central Quebec. (Image courtesy of Stornoway Diamond.) Stornoway Diamond announced Thursday that Patrick Godin and Annie Torkia Lagac?(C) will be stepping down from their respective positions as president and CEO and EVP, finance and corporate services, effective Friday June 26.Godin will be succeeded by Patrick S?(C)vigny, who joined Stornoway in 2015 a...Read More

No one knows what America is going to look like a year from now. Between the pandemic, the ongoing social unrest, the coming election, and the never-ending game of geopolitics, there's no telling what the climate in this country will be in 365 days. And while all of those aspects play important roles, it's perhaps the pandemic that will have the longest-lasting effect on life in the United State...Read More

MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry. Share and get up to speed in a mining minute.This week's top stories:Barrick to begin layoffs in Papua New Guinea as lease dispute deepens - Read the story here.Chinese steel giant eyes Simandou - Read the story here. Three dead after attack on coltan mine in Congo - Read the story here. Tanzanian mi...Read More