Elton John extols gold as price does a Rocket Man
Elton John has said goodbye to the yellow brick road – but not to the yellow metal, which is a big part of his life as the new short film…
Articles by Blair McBride
Mining Forum Americas: Gold Fields CEO preps Canadian giant Windfall for output
Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is approaching the production start of its Windfall underground mine in Quebec, the core of the South African miner’s strategy to focus on tier one…
BHP to shutter Australia coal mine, lay off 750 workers
BHP (ASX, NYSE LSE: BHP) plans to close its Saraji South joint venture coal mine in Australia and lay off about 750 workers amid weak coal prices and high royalties…
Banyan’s visible gold helps define resource
Drilling by Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) has returned results bearing gold specks in sheeted veins, with intersections as high as 26.9 metres grading 1.85 grams gold in the…
Seabridge Gold’s strong assays define Snip North
High-grade results from drilling at Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) Iskut project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle have confirmed the continuity and size of the Snip North target and…
Centerra soars on Mt Milligan gold-copper plan
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) shares jumped to their highest level in more than three years after it released a pre-feasibility study that extended the life of its Mount…
Uranium industry revival radiates from Southwest
Decades after the United States’ large-scale uranium mining industry mushroomed in Utah and New Mexico in the 1950s, the industry is returning to its Southwest roots in a revival spurred…
GoviEx Uranium, Niger pause Madaouela dispute
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) and the Niger government have agreed to extend a break in international arbitration over their Madaouela project clash by another six months. While the two…
Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest
Copper mining in the four southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah produces almost all of the United States’ red metal output. In 2024, almost two-thirds of the total…
Lithium price may ease again as China mine restarts
Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is expected to resume production at its lithium mine in Yichun of Jiangxi province, in a move that could alleviate supply concerns and…
Site visit: Gunnison taps Nuton tech as America’s newest copper producer
COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. — Gunnison Copper’s (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) namesake deposit and Johnson Camp Mine sit at two intersections, literal and metaphorical. Nestled among rocky, rolling hills dotted with…
G Mining soars to historic high on Oko, Gurupi results
G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) shares soared to an all-time high on Tuesday after the company discovered a new mineralization plunge at its main Oko West project in…