Editorial: US Senator Murkowski introduces American Mineral Security Act
United States Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and three Senate colleagues on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources took a bipartisan legislative step in…
Articles by John Cumming
NAP turnaround at Lac des Îles part mining method, part miracle
Since majority shareholder Brookfield Asset Management (TSX: BAM.A; NYSE: BAM) tapped Jim Gallagher to become president and CEO of North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC:…
Agnico Eagle sees continued promise in Quebec
High-profile investments by Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) in two new Nunavut gold operations will drastically alter the company’s production profile with the…
Uranium markets starting to improve, Cameco’s Gitzel says
The following is a transcript of remarks made by Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) president and CEO Tim Gitzel during the company’s first-quarter conference call…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #22: Uranium’s ‘pivotal year’ ft Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel
In this mini-podcast, we share a 10-minute highlight from Cameco’s hour-long quarterly results call, with president and CEO Tim Gitzel arguing why 2018 was a…
SolGold’s Alpala: getting bigger, with higher grade
Another year, another doubling of resources: since launching a drill campaign on the Cascabel project in northern Ecuador in 2013, SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG)…
The Northern Miner nominated for two national journalism awards
Two stories published by The Northern Miner in 2018 have been nominated for the 2019 National Magazine Awards: B2B. Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming got…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 137: The perils of C-suite hubris ft Iamgold CEO Steve Letwin in encore broadcast
In this gutsy speech first recorded at The Northern Miner‘s Progressive Mine Forum in late 2017, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve…
Interview: North American Palladium CEO Jim Gallagher on global palladium markets
The following is an edited transcript of a portion of a podcast interview with James Gallagher, president and CEO of North American Palladium (TSX: PDL;…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 136: Palladium’s stellar rise ft NAP CEO Jim Gallagher
Palladium has been the top performer among mined commodities over the past two years and now trades at record levels, well above gold and platinum…
Commentary: Canadian and Australian federal governments lay out plans for mining
In August 2017, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for mining called for a Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP) to support industry competitiveness,…
Editorial: Copper prices remain moribund
A common feature of mining industry gatherings over the past couple of years is a general bullishness on copper’s future, with talk quickly turning to…