by tundric | May 1, 2026 | Mining News
Picture a boardroom in Brussels or Washington where trade negotiators are quietly reshaping the future of the global mining industry — and somewhere in the back of their minds, whether they know it or not, is the Canadian Shield. The European Union and the United...
by tundric | Apr 21, 2026 | Mining News
In the camps and operations scattered across the Canadian Shield, gold price movements aren’t abstract numbers on a screen — they’re the difference between a drill turning and a drill sitting idle. When spot gold dropped as much as 2.2% to below $4,650 an...
by tundric | Apr 21, 2026 | Mining News
Thousands of kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz, in the bunkhouses and headframes of Northern Ontario’s mining camps, decisions made in distant waterways have a way of arriving without warning — in the form of squeezed margins, delayed projects, and difficult...
by tundric | Apr 21, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a quiet confidence spreading through the offices of exploration companies and mining houses that have long believed in Northern Ontario’s copper potential — and the numbers are starting to back them up. Analysts are revising their long-term copper...
by tundric | Apr 21, 2026 | Mining News
When a major Italian energy company writes a nine-figure cheque to secure a stake in a Canadian graphite operation, it’s worth pausing to understand what that money is really buying — not just shares, but a hedge against a world that can no longer afford to...
by tundric | Apr 20, 2026 | Mining News
For decades, the rhythm of Northern Ontario’s mining economy has been tuned, whether we liked it or not, to the heartbeat of China. When Chinese steel mills hummed, nickel prices climbed. When Beijing slowed, communities from Sudbury to Thunder Bay felt the...
by tundric | Apr 20, 2026 | Mining News
For the people who’ve lived in the shadow of the Long Lake mine site, patience hasn’t just been a virtue — it’s been a way of life. Abandoned mines are one of Northern Ontario’s most stubborn inheritances, scars on the land that outlast the...
by tundric | Apr 20, 2026 | Mining News
They didn’t wait for the politicians to sort it out. Indigenous youth from Northern Ontario have taken their fight over mining development and treaty rights directly to the United Nations — a move that speaks volumes about how deep the frustration runs in...
by tundric | Apr 20, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a quiet town in the boreal, about five hours north of Sudbury, where the economy has long been tied to the land — lumber, farming, and the kind of stubborn self-reliance that defines communities this far from the urban centres that make all the big...
by tundric | Apr 10, 2026 | Mining News
Deep in the geological heart of Northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire, where the promise of critical minerals has drawn hopeful prospectors and cautious investors alike for years, MetalQuest Mining is doubling down. The junior explorer announced this week an expansion...
