Site video: Chopper ride to Saga in Labrador
This week The Northern Miner flew in a helicopter to Saga Metals’ Wolverine project in the wilds of northeast Labrador, where there are no roads. Saga’s…
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SW US CEO chat: Ivanhoe Electric maps $1B debt path for Arizona copper project
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) CEO Taylor Melvin says the company aims to secure more than $1 billion in U.S.-backed debt as it starts early…
SW US CEO chat: Capstone devoted to Arizona mine for long haul
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) is committed to modernizing its Pinto Valley open-pit operation in Arizona to lift production and potentially lengthen mine life,…
Dutch slash New York gold in crisis shift
The Netherlands’ central bank has transferred 86 tonnes of gold from North America to London, cutting the share of its bullion held in New York…
Strike to begin at Sibanye-Stillwater’s US operations
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) faces a strike at its Stillwater East mine and Columbus metallurgical complex in Montana after more than four months of…
Faraday drilling boosts Arizona copper cathode case
Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) says drilling at its Copper Creek project in Arizona has expanded shallow oxide and sulphide mineralization, strengthening the case…
Colombia scraps 10 mining rules to attact investors
Colombia’s new government has repealed 10 resolutions restricting natural resource exploration and extraction, accelerating President Abelardo De La Espriella’s push to revive mining investment and…
Gem Diamonds rebounds as big stones lift profit
Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) swung back to profit in the first half of the year as stronger prices for large diamonds from the Letšeng mine…
Albemarle taps BHP veteran Udd as next CEO
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s largest lithium producer, has named BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) executive Ragnar Udd as its next CEO as surging energy-storage…
SW US mine rush collides with water limits
Washington’s push to mine more copper and lithium in the U.S. Southwest is running into a harder limit than permitting: whether projects can secure enough…
SW US CEO chat: Gunnison Copper seeks government cash and partner
Gunnison Copper’s (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) role in helping reduce U.S. dependence on imported red metal now turns more on how it’s financed than on…
Tungsten surge transforms Northcliff’s Sisson economics
Northcliff Resources’ (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) new feasibility study for the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick puts its post-tax value at more than four…