Base & Technology Metals Snapshot: Long-forgotten cobalt takes centre stage in high-tech rush
The year 2016 may have been the year for zinc, but 2017 and 2018 appear to be the year for more obscure technology metals and…
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Global copper mine output shrinks 2.4% in first 11 months of 2017: ICSG
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing world copper supply and demand for the first 11 months of…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Global lead, zinc production soars in first 11 months of 2017
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) of preliminary data for world lead and zinc supply and…
Do Canadian disclosure obligations apply to your mineral project?
Canadian securities laws impose a variety of disclosure obligations on companies in the mining industry that issue securities in Canada, both public and private. The…
Commentary: Prepping for the upcoming AGM and proxy season
Every year, reporting issuers are faced with the task of tailoring the disclosure for their annual general meeting (AGM) to ever-evolving securities laws, updates to…
Commentary: A review of executive pay in the mining sector
We provide compensation advice to the mining industry and during the recent downturn we had been encouraging our clients not to undertake comparisons of pay…
Adventus Zinc boosts resource at Curipamba
Since signing an earn-in agreement with Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) last September, Adventus Zinc (TSXV: ADZN) has updated the resource on its El Domo copper-gold-zinc…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 94: Curtain calls and new beginnings
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! This week we’re exploring coverage from BMO Capital Markets’ Global Metals and Mining conference in Hollywood, Florida!…
Tianqi to build world’s largest spodumene converter
Tianqi Lithium Australia, a subsidiary of China’s Tianqi Lithium, has started building a state-of-the-art spodumene converter that will produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Kwinana, Western…
Agnico Eagle’s Sean Boyd is TNM’s Mining Person of the Year
As we look back at the career so far of Sean Boyd — Agnico Eagle Mines’ vice-chairman and CEO, and The Northern Miner’s Mining Person…
TSX Venture Exchange slips, Feb. 19-23
Cobalt 27 Capital jumped $1.86 to $13.32 per share. The company has acquired a 1.75% net smelter return royalty on production from the Dumont nickel-cobalt…
Canada’s benchmark index posts slight increase, Feb. 19-23
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.20% to 15,638.45. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.56% to 72.96. A rising U.S. dollar put pressure on the…