Budget extends tax relief but leaves explorers wanting
Ottawa’s five-year extension of mineral exploration tax credits has won praise from Canada’s prospectors association, but British Columbia’s exploration group says the budget misses a…
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Copper faces further slide after US vote: TD
Copper could fall further as Democratic Party gains in the United States midterm elections weaken expectations for import tariffs and raise doubts about projected demand…
Interview: Ur-Energy eyes Wyoming expansion
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-A: URG) is looking to drilling, acquisitions and potentially processing for other miners to fill unused capacity after restarting its Shirley Basin…
Codelco faces production scandal, tailings probe
Chilean State miner Codelco disclosed a 42,100-tonne copper production overstatement Thursday, the same day a tailings spill halted processing at its Andina operation. The miner…
Sherritt lays off 280 as Cuba restart stalls
Sherritt International (TSX: S) will temporarily lay off almost half its Canadian workforce to conserve cash while it seeks further United States approvals and financing…
AngloGold bets $900M on existing mines
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) plans to spend up to $900 million (C$1.26 billion) expanding three operating mines as it targets another 300,000 to 450,000 oz….
India’s battery push faces raw material test
India is subsidizing battery storage and lithium and nickel processing to build a domestic supply chain, but securing raw materials and competing with established overseas…
US South builds a rare earth supply chain
Rare earth developers are turning to the U.S. South’s chemical plants, ports and mineral deposits to build a supply chain that can compete with China….
Paraguay crisis may threaten uranium ambitions
Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña faced continuing impeachment proceedings Friday after submitting his resignation amid a banking crisis, weeks after Uranium Energy (NYSE-A: UEC) announced plans…
Perpetua finds gold, antimony near Stibnite pit
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) has discovered gold and antimony mineralization near a planned open pit at its Stibnite project in central Idaho, opening…
Sponsored Resource Review video: Newfoundland and Labrador targets mining barriers
The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan explores the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Newfoundland and Labrador Branch’s recent Mineral Resources Review 2026…
Snowline leads PDAC’s 2027 awards class
Long before Snowline Gold’s (TSX: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley deposit attracted industry attention, cofounder and CEO Scott Berdahl struggled to find backing for the Yukon properties…
Lecce warns that Democrats offer no tariff cure
Canada shouldn’t expect the United States to lift tariffs simply because Democrats won control of Congress, Ontario Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce said. Speaking…
Ottawa extends mining tax credits to 2032
Canada plans to extend two mineral exploration tax credits by five years and add antimony to the more generous incentive as Ottawa seeks to turn…
Democrats’ win tests US mining support, lifts gold
Democrats’ capture of Congress could put U.S. mining investments under closer scrutiny and sustain demand for gold as political stalemate complicates business planning, according to…
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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…
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…
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,…