Acting DEA Chief Says Cannabis Review Is Not Dead—Yet—as Successor Looms
Trump nominee Cole’s anti-cannabis stance could alter course
Trump Tariffs After Tariffs: 25% On Steel And Aluminum On Top Of Initial 25% Generic Dues
A White House official confirmed that new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum will be added to any existing duties on Canadian imports, resulting in a possible combined tariff of 50% on the two metals. President Donald Trump signed executive orders imposing these tariffs on Monday, intending to start enforcement by March 12. Previous threats […]
Will The New “Fentanyl Czar” Be Enough To Hold Trump Tariffs?
Ottawa has named Kevin Brosseau—once a deputy national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—as Canada’s new “fentanyl czar.” This comes amid a tense standoff with Washington, which has threatened crippling tariffs unless Canada aggressively tackles the illicit fentanyl trade. Trudeau’s office announced the appointment late Tuesday. According to a government statement, the […]
South Korea Mint Suspends Gold Sales as Prices Hit Record
Trading volumes jump as global markets tighten
First Quantum Yields Positive Earnings In Q4 2024 Despite Cobre Panama Hole
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has announced its fourth quarter 2024 earnings, toplined by sales revenue of $1.26 billion in Q4, a marginal increase from $1.22 billion in Q4 2023. First Quantum saw a year-on-year rise in net realized copper prices from $3.62 per pound to $4.17 per pound, along with a modestly lower per-pound […]
Barrick Gold Sees 106% Earnings Jump In Q4 2024
Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) has reported its Q4 and full-year 2024 results, where total revenues for the quarter reached $3.65 billion, an 8% rise compared to Q3, and an increase from $3.30 billion in Q4 2023. On a full-year basis, revenues rose 13% from $11.40 billion in 2023 to $12.92 billion in 2024, reflecting stronger gold […]
Silver47 Intersects 4.7 Metres Of 4,432 ppm Antimony At Dry Creek
Silver47 Exploration (TSXV: AGA) has identified that several critical minerals exist within its Dry Creek and West Tundra Flats resource areas at its Red Mountain project in Alaska.
Ivanhoe To Explore Kazakhstan For Copper Under New Joint Venture
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) is undertaking greenfield exploration in Kazakhstan under a new joint venture with the UK-based Pallas Resources. The venture will see the duo explore the Chu-Sarysu Copper Basin, which is the third largest sediment-hosted copper district globally. The joint venture is set to conduct exploration on a 16,000 square kilometre land package […]
Global Atomic Expects To Announce Dasa Uranium Project Funding By End Of Q1
Global Atomic (TSX: GLO) is expecting to have further details on the current status of a financing package for its flagship Dasa Uranium Project in Niger by the end of the current quarter. Discussions are said to have continued with the US government for the funding of the project, despite recent initiatives by Donald Trump […]
Bell Targets 1,200 Union Jobs in Latest Round of Cuts
Company says media division not affected