BHP to shut Mt Arthur coal mine as buyers walk
BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) planned exit from thermal coal has been modified as the company has decided to keep its Mount Arthur mine, New South Wales’ largest…
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PDAC 2022: Investment bankers see capital returning to mining – once market risks abate
Despite strong commodity prices, money has not been flowing into the mining sector — and that is likely to be the case as long as market volatility and uncertainty continue,…
PDAC 2022: Canada’s long and winding road towards building battery ecosystem
From a lack of skilled professionals to rising costs due to inflation amidst the pressure to quickly build an entirely new industry, Canada must overcome several obstacles before it can…
Kinross Gold sells Russian assets at half the agreed price
Kinross Gold (TSX: G; NYSE: KGC) said on Wednesday it had sold its Kupol mine and Udinsk project in Russia to Highland Gold Mining for a total of $340 million in…
Critical Elements delivers Rose lithium feasibility study with US$1.9B after-tax NPV
Critical Elements (TSXV: CRE; OTC: CRECF) has delivered a new feasibility study on its wholly owned Rose lithium-tantalum project situated in the Eeyou-Istchee, James Bay region of Quebec, confirming the potential…
Multi-stakeholder collaboration needed to rise to meet the battery metal boom
For investors and companies involved in the extraction industries, it has been impossible to ignore the meteoric rise of battery materials in recent years. Over the course of 2021, cobalt…
PDAC 2022: NWT leaders ask Ottawa to help with infrastructure to benefit mining
In the Northwest Territories, infrastructure that lags behind southern Canada is limiting the potential of the territory’s mining development and increasing its costs as well, said leaders of the N.W.T….
Geoscience BC deploys a brewery gas sensor to look for metals
Geoscience BC has successfully demonstrated how an ordinary brewery and greenhouse gas meter can aid in finding new mineralized deposits. The organization said on June 14, the made-in-British-Columbia device was…
PDAC 2022: Gold miners need to partner up to avoid being left behind in future, says Newmont CEO
If gold companies want to survive the future of mining, which will entail low-grade ores and the required responses to climate change, they will need to consolidate, said Newmont (NYSE:…
PDAC 2022: Colombia pushes diversification of mining sector as presidential vote looms – interview
Just ahead of a runoff presidential election in Colombia that will determine current president Iván Duque’s successor, The Northern Miner caught up with the country’s Minister of Mines and Energy,…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 295: ‘There’s going to be a war for talent’, ft former Ontario Securities Commission CEO Maureen Jensen
This week’s episode features former Ontario Securities Commission chair and CEO Maureen Jensen in conversation with Northern Miner senior reporter Henry Lazenby at the Global Mining Symposium. Maureen discusses the…
Salazar, Adventus earmark $270m for Ecuador copper-gold project
Canada’s Adventus Mining (TSX-V: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSX-V: SRL) have reached a preliminary investment protection agreement (IPA) with Ecuador’s government for their Curipamba-El Domo copper and gold project. As part of…