Two workers die after Kinross Gold accidents
Two employees of the same contractor died following separate accidents on Sept. 3 at Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) Bald Mountain gold mine in Nevada, according to preliminary U.S….
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Alamos delays Island Gold shaft as costs rise
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) has pushed back its Island Gold shaft expansion by about a quarter and flagged higher construction costs, delaying a key source of production growth…
Eldorado falls as Skouries woes cut gold outlook 18%
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) shares sank after the company slashed its annual production outlook and raised spending estimates as the Skouries copper-gold operation in Greece takes longer than…
Colorado Summit video: Discovery maps path to 1M oz. gold a year
Discovery Mining (TSX: DSV; US-OTC: DSVSF) sees scope to more than triple annual gold production within five years around Timmins, Ont., with its newly acquired Kidd processing site, Executive Vice-President…
China border checks cut Oyu Tolgoi exports by 70%
Copper concentrate exports from Rio Tinto’s (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia have dropped about 70% over the past two weeks because of Chinese border restrictions, the…
Apollo outlines Calico plan for 5M oz silver a year
Apollo Silver (TSXV: APGO; US-OTC: APGOF) estimates initial capital of $633 million (C$888.3 million) for its Calico project in California, which could produce about 5 million oz. silver annually over…
Appian eyes $2B Africa push despite policy risks
Appian Capital Advisory plans to invest about $2 billion (C$2.8 billion) in Africa, even as CEO Michael Scherb warns that unpredictable government policies are pushing mining capital towards Latin America,…
Glencore cobalt output halves as Congo quotas bite
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), one of the world’s largest cobalt producers, reported a 52% drop in output during the first nine months of 2026 as export quotas in the Democratic Republic…
Mining Forum video: Sinda targets 2031 start for Mexico silver output
Sinda (NYSE: SIND) is preparing a 9-km underground exploration ramp in Mexico as it works towards first silver-gold production in 2031, Executive Chairman Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla says. The roughly $100-million…
Rio opens $1.4B lithium projects in Argentina
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) has marked the opening of two lithium projects in Argentina backed by about $1.4 billion (C$2 billion) in combined investment, adding capacity as it…
Teck beats forecasts as copper costs fall
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) beat third-quarter earnings expectations as record copper prices, stronger production and lower costs boosted returns ahead of its planned merger with Anglo American (LSE:…
World Bank lifts copper price outlook by 18%
Copper prices are set to stay near record highs next year as new mines struggle to keep pace with demand from power grids and data centres, the World Bank forecasts….
Gold dip draws Asian buyers as North American funds lose cash
Lower gold prices are lifting Indian bullion premiums and Chinese trading activity as North American investors withdraw money from gold funds, BMO Capital Markets said in its latest Precious Metals…
Freeport trims copper sales outlook as Grasberg recovery advances
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) cut its copper sales forecasts for this year and next while reaffirming the recovery timetable for its Grasberg operation in Indonesia. Consolidated copper sales are projected to…
US offers Constellation up to $5B nuclear loan
Constellation Energy (Nasdaq: CEG) received a conditional U.S. government loan commitment of up to $5 billion (C$7 billion) to boost output at existing nuclear plants. The proposed financing would support…
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Northern Miner awards Sean Boyd who built Agnico Eagle on ‘culture of the heart’
Sean Boyd complimented Paul Penna on his briefcase the first time the young auditor met Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) founder in 1983. Penna placed it on the tiny…
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…