TNM Blast from the Past: Another atomic age
The Northern Miner’s 1951 coverage of Eldorado’s expansion at Beaverlodge — reprinted below — captured a country at the centre of a new atomic age. Demand for uranium was accelerating…
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London Symposium JV Video: First Mining Gold outlines Springpole project path
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) is targeting environmental approvals in the new year after an updated prefeasibility study showed its Springpole project in Ontario is valued near double…
London Symposium JV Video: Electra Battery Metals preps cobalt plant construction
Electra Battery Materials (TSX-V, Nasdaq: ELBM) is on track to start construction of its cobalt sulphate refinery in Ontario, North America’s first, within months and commission the plant in 2027 as it…
Diamond slump deepens in 2025 as lab-grown bites
The diamond industry is now shifting from growth to triage, with survival tied less to geology and more to branding.
London Symposium JV Video: Canada Nickel eyes end-2026 build start at Crawford
Ottawa’s decision to move Canada Nickel’s (TSXV: CNC) Crawford nickel sulphide project into the federal Major Projects Office has strengthened the developer’s push to start construction by the end of…
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option
Bruno Lemelin recalls his first boss at Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) more than a decade ago encouraging him to join the Essakane mine team in Burkina Faso just as…
The Northern Miner’s most read stories of 2025
The Northern Miner’s 110th year showed continued leading coverage of the industry, with the new Canadian Treasure Hunt boosting readership and periodic delves into the archives adding context to daily…
Serial wealth creator Lassonde still having fun
Franco-Nevada (TSX, NYSE: FNV) co-founder Pierre Lassonde hasn’t let retirement from the C-suite dim his love for the yellow metal. Think $4,000 gold is high? Lassonde, the former Newmont (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) president, has news for you. He predicts the yellow metal…
B2Gold’s Johnson channels global experience
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) is set to wrap up the year after pivoting seamlessly from starting Canada’s newest gold mine in the Arctic to complex negotiations in strife-torn Africa….
Megamines: 10 most expensive bulk projects
With public and government attention shifting to critical minerals, energy transition metals and specialty commodities, and retail investors all-in on rampant gold and silver, here’s a reminder of where the…
London Symposium JV Video: Dundee Sustainable Technologies touts efficiency
Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) has leading innovations in mining processing after more than a decade of testing and data collection, President and CEO Jean-Philippe Mai says in a new…
London Symposium JV Video: Generation Mining sees 2028 Marathon copper start
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM, US-OTC: GENMF) is expecting bank financing in the new year to help it start construction on its fully permitted $990-million capex Marathon copper-palladium project in Ontario,…