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FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alberta : Sherritt International Corp. has officially shuttered its nickel and cobalt refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, after a tightening web of U.S. sanctions…
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alberta : The long-standing bridge between Cuban mineral wealth and Canadian industrial processing has buckled. Sherritt International Corp. (TSX: S) confirmed this week that…
The race for the seafloor has shifted from a slow-moving diplomatic debate to an outright industrial sprint. Following the implementation of Executive Order 14285, signed by…
In the capital-intensive world of mineral extraction, the definition of "risk" is undergoing a fundamental shift. For decades, project risk was largely a calculation of grade,…
The Record Ridge project site near Rossland, British Columbia, faces a construction halt. The Record Ridge magnesium project in southeastern British Columbia remains in a legal…
The Record Ridge project site near Rossland, British Columbia, faces a construction halt. The British Columbia Court of Appeal has halted ground-disturbing work at the Record…
Lithium Supply Shock: How Zimbabwe’s Export Ban Could Redraw the Global Market The global lithium market reached a significant turning point on February 25, 2026, when…
Critical minerals permits have become the primary bottleneck in the global transition toward a decarbonized economy. In North America, where the demand for lithium, copper, and…
For decades, the primary anxiety in the copper market was the "permitting cliff": the agonizingly slow process of moving a discovery through environmental hurdles and into…
British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced a high-stakes legislative maneuver, proposing a temporary suspension of specific sections of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of…
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