Space miners may face an Earth-sized tax problem
Miners may one day extract fortunes from the Moon and asteroids, but governments will have to figure out how to take their cut without killing the industry before it gets…
Analysis
Mining Forum: Miners have cash but lack the crews
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Major miners have the money to expand but face shortages of skilled workers and contractors that threaten to delay new production and drive up construction costs,…
Mining Forum: AI begins paying off, McKinsey says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen of 19 major mining companies tracked by McKinsey reported financial gains from artificial intelligence in the third quarter through Sept. 11, up from four in…
US minerals push starts to dent China’s grip: WSJ
The United States’ multibillion-dollar campaign to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals is beginning to reshape supply chains, according to The Wall Street Journal. Washington’s effort to back mines, processing…
Video: Mining’s next generation faces the test
Mining’s younger leaders are setting out to build companies that can survive the next downturn as veteran executives prepare to hand over control. Last week at the Precious Metals Summit…
B2Gold strikes new Goose gold zone
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has discovered a new high-grade gold zone at its Goose mine in Nunavut as the operation recovers from an April crusher fire and remains on…
Montage pours first gold at Koné ahead of schedule
Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has poured first gold at its flagship Koné mine in Côte d’Ivoire, beating an accelerated schedule as the developer shifts into production. The…
Hudbay boosts Snow Lake gold output 60% to 2.8M oz
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has increased forecast life-of-mine gold production at its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba by 60% to 2.8 million oz. under an updated mine plan. The…
North America is building rare earth plants faster than it is building rare earth engineers
On Aug. 7, as U.S. President Donald Trump hosted mining executives at a roundtable in Washington, representatives of all 14 accredited U.S. mining schools attended a parallel Department of Energy…
TD sees rhodium surplus ending four-year squeeze
Rhodium prices are poised to fall as weakening autocatalyst demand pushes the market into surplus next year, though exceptionally thin inventories leave the rare metal vulnerable to sharp supply-driven rallies,…
OceanaGold’s 97-gram hit backs Waihi expansion
OceanaGold (TSX, NYSE: OGC) is studying a 50% expansion of its Waihi processing plant in New Zealand after drilling some of Wharekirauponga’s richest holes yet, including 6.3 metres grading 97.2…
Kinross Gold cuts output, boosts shareholder payout
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has cut its 2026 and 2027 production outlook by about 8% from the previous guidance midpoint after weather and metallurgical problems at La Coipa…