Canadian Mining Hall of Fame announces 2027 inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome five new members who will be celebrated at the annual Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Jan. 14 at the…
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Mining Forum: AI begins paying off, McKinsey says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen of 19 major mining companies tracked by McKinsey reported financial gains from artificial intelligence in the third quarter through Sept. 11, up from four in…
US minerals push starts to dent China’s grip: WSJ
The United States’ multibillion-dollar campaign to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals is beginning to reshape supply chains, according to The Wall Street Journal. Washington’s effort to back mines, processing…
Mining Forum: Miners have cash but lack the crews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Major miners have the money to expand but face shortages of skilled workers and contractors that threaten to delay new production and drive up construction costs,…
Video: Mining’s next generation faces the test
Mining’s younger leaders are setting out to build companies that can survive the next downturn as veteran executives prepare to hand over control. Last week at the Precious Metals Summit…
Mining Forum: US needs Canada to break China’s minerals grip
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Washington’s hostility towards Canada threatens its effort to reduce dependence on Chinese minerals, former U.S. sanctions official Edward Fishman said Monday. The United States has the…
Northern Star rejects undervalued A$38.7B Gold Fields bid
Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) has rejected an unsolicited A$38.7-billion ($27.2-billion) takeover proposal from Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI), saying the bid materially undervalues the embattled Australian gold producer and…
B2Gold strikes new Goose gold zone
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has discovered a new high-grade gold zone at its Goose mine in Nunavut as the operation recovers from an April crusher fire and remains on…
Montage pours first gold at Koné ahead of schedule
Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has poured first gold at its flagship Koné mine in Côte d’Ivoire, beating an accelerated schedule as the developer shifts into production. The…
Peninsula’s uranium resource grows as ramp-up lags
An update for Peninsula Energy’s (ASX: PEN; US-OTC: PENMF) producing Lance project in Wyoming lifts its contained uranium to 59 million lb., reinforcing its position as the largest single nuclear…
Hudbay boosts Snow Lake gold output 60% to 2.8M oz
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has increased forecast life-of-mine gold production at its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba by 60% to 2.8 million oz. under an updated mine plan. The…
North America is building rare earth plants faster than it is building rare earth engineers
On Aug. 7, as U.S. President Donald Trump hosted mining executives at a roundtable in Washington, representatives of all 14 accredited U.S. mining schools attended a parallel Department of Energy…
Sponsored video: Isometrix says shared data can flag mine risks early
Mining companies can reduce safety and operational risks by making information from incidents, inspections and near misses visible across their operations instead of leaving it scattered among individual sites, IsoMetrix…
AI boom fails to lift gold demand, WGC says
The artificial-intelligence (AI) surge has yet to raise overall technology-sector demand for gold, as attempts by manufacturers to reduce their use of the metal – still at high prices –…
BHP’s Escondida restart eases tight copper supply woes
The mine halt, low Chinese inventories and an approaching holiday pause had left the copper market with little room for supply disruptions.
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Copper tariff decision could trigger unwind, ft Bloomberg Intelligence’s Grant Sporre
Podcast: The geopolitics of mining in the Sahel and Myanmar, ft Critical Risk Team’s George McLeod
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Podcast: Gold dealers face ‘credit crunch’, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian
Opinion/Commentary
Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…