Is tin the top technology metal?
Rob Bruggeman, a former research analyst with more than a decade of experience at a boutique brokerage firm and a large bank-owned proprietary trading desk…
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Global Copper Snapshot: Firms exploring, developing the next generation of copper assets
While gold draws the lion’s share of attention amongst the world’s mineral explorers and developers, the steady rise in copper prices has helped the junior…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Copper mine output slumps 2% in 2017
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing world copper supply and demand for 2017. For more detailed information,…
Mining titan and philanthropist Peter Munk’s lifetime of achievement
It’s an extraordinary story about an extraordinary man who became one of the most legendary entrepreneurs in Canadian history. But at its core it is…
Editorial: Peter Munk receives our Lifetime Achievement Award
In this issue of The Northern Miner and at an event at our Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London on April 24 and…
Commentary: Stephen Dattels on friend and former colleague Peter Munk
Senior mining executive and resource financier Stephen R. Dattels joined Barrick Gold in the early 1980s and was one of the key executives during its…
Nevsun completes prefeasibility at Timok
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-AM: NSU) has a busy year ahead. In early April, the mid-tier base metals company released a prefeasibility study for the…
TSX Venture falls, April 2-6
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 3.45% to end the trading week at 769.15. The index had traded above 800 for most of 2018 before…
US markets end lower, April 2-6
Concerns over a U.S.-China trade war mounted after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested imposing another $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports. The Dow Jones…
TSX dips, April 2-6
Canada’s benchmark index fell 1.04% to 12,207.41. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 1.41% to 69.03 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.33% to…
Camino finds new anomaly at Los Chapitos
Until recently, Camino Minerals (TSXV: COR; US-OTC: CAMZF) had four main zones, beginning with Adriana and proceeding southeast to Vicky along a 6 km stretch…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 98: Peter Munk retrospective – A life lived in full
In this episode Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming and senior staff writer Trish Saywell look back at the remarkable life and career of Barrick Gold…