US markets fall, Nov. 8-12
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 227.64 points or 0.63% to finish the Nov. 8-12 trading week at 36,100.31 and the S&P 500 dropped 14.68…
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Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt
Australian diversified major Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has teamed up with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to hunt for critical…
What’s really driving aluminium prices
The West African nation of Guinea is often referred to as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of bauxite since it produces about 23% of the world’s supply…
Top Ten U.S. miners
Mining in the United States has played a significant role in the country’s development. The Northern Miner presents its annual top-ten list of the largest U.S.-based mining…
US markets rise, July 5-9
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.24% to finish the week at 34,870.16 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.40% to 4,369.55. Spot gold rose by…
Chinese peak carbon by 2030 involves a major shift to renewables, says CRU
China’s journey to carbon neutrality will involve a major shift towards renewable energy, says a team of analysts at London-based business intelligence company CRU. China…
The View from England: Napoleon Bonaparte helped aluminium take wing
The British are not especially peaceful. Since the Act of Unification in 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain has fought in over 120 wars across…
Friedland: “It’s copper, copper, copper, copper, copper, copper …”
I’ve covered the mining industry for more than a decade and during that time have had many opportunities to listen to presentations and speeches by…
CRU World Copper Conference: Friedland on the new world order
Robert Friedland, the founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) gave a keynote presentation at this year’s virtual CRU World Copper…
US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report….
Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminium smelter until 2024
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has inked a power deal with New Zealand’s Meridian Energy, which will allow the miner to keep…
Base metals prices forecast to rise sharply in 2021, less so in 2022
As the world’s economies start to pick up following the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, CPM Group’s director of commodities and asset management Carlos Sanchez expects…