Top 10 Canadian miners by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, Canada-headquartered mining companies by market capitalization as of late-June, 2020. 1. Barrick Gold Market cap: US$46.56 billion Barrick Gold…
Cameco Corporation
Cameco halts conversion facility in Ontario
Canada’s Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), the world’s largest publicly traded uranium miner, is placing its plant at the Port Hope conversion facility in Ontario…
COVID-19 cuts US$280B swathe through top 50 mining companies
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020,…
NexGen Energy well positioned to benefit from uranium price increase
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to negatively impact commodity markets, with prices for metals such as copper, zinc, lead, aluminium and many others falling rapidly since…
US markets drop, March 30-April 3: Consol Energy, Cameco, Rio Tinto, Kirkland Lake, Wheaton Precious Metals, Fortuna
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.70%, or 584.25 points, to 21,052.53 and the S&P 500 dropped 2.08%, or 52.82 points, to 2,488.65. Spot gold…
Raymond James lowers metals forecasts for 2020
Raymond James has updated its metal price forecasts for the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its new full-year forecast for gold in 2020 is…
Cameco, Orano suspend Saskatchewan operations due to COVID-19
Uranium companies Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and Orano Canada are suspending mining and processing activities at their operations in northern Saskatchewan due to COVID-19. The…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 175: Confident Cameco sees nuclear power as ‘indispensable tool’ to fight climate change
This episode features excerpts from Cameco’s Feb. 7, 2020, conference call. Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel discusses the fundamentals of the uranium market, spot…
TSX posts gain, Jan. 31-Feb. 7: Aura Minerals, Caledonia Mining, Cameco, Semafo, Kirkland Lake
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.95% to 17,655.50. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.67%% to 78.49 and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index rose…
Haywood bullish on uranium sector fundamentals
While uranium spot prices were down 14% in 2019, supply and demand fundamentals for uranium are the “most bullish in years,” and the sector “offers…
Uranium holding companies offer alternative to producers
The uranium spot price has hovered around US$25 ($32.86) per lb. over the better part of the last year and long-term pricing is at the…
Top-10 large, high-grade uranium projects
Uranium companies have been awaiting a price recovery since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster in March 2011. Since early 2016 the spot uranium price…