BHP scraps US$2.5B Olympic Dam expansion plan
Mining giant BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has shelved a planned US$2.5 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South…
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David Rosenberg to present 2021 outlook at Global Mining Symposium in November
The Northern Miner is profoundly honored to be joined by one of the world’s foremost and respected economists, David Rosenberg, at its third virtual event…
Kirkland Lake Gold reports ‘exceptional’ grades at Macassa
The latest drill results from Kirkland Lake Gold’s (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) Macassa mine in Ontario include ‘exceptional’ gold grades and suggest potential for resource…
Copper snapshot: Eight companies with promising assets
With rising prices, a favourable supply-demand outlook and few new mines in development, investors are paying close attention to copper. Here are eight companies developing…
Kinross Gold mulls sale of Americas mines
Canadian miner Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is said to be studying a sale of its gold mines in North and South America and…
TSX Venture falls, Oct. 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.95%, or 6.94 points, to finish the Oct. 12-16 trading week at 725.31. Spot gold dropped US$30.90 per oz.,…
Diamond market shows signs of revival
After being virtually shut down since March, the diamond market has slowly come back to life. This fall, De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer…
Canadian gov’t orders national security review of Shandong-TMAC deal
Months after shareholders of TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) approved a takeover of the company by China’s Shandong Gold Mining, the federal government has ordered a…
Diamonds Snapshot: Seven small diamond producers and explorers to watch
The Covid-19 pandemic has choked off revenue for diamond producers and funding for diamond juniors for much of the year. But with the diamond trade…
Endeavour Mining restarts security-challenged Boungou mine in Burkina Faso
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV), West Africa’s top gold producer, has resumed operations at its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso, a year after previous owner Semafo…
Argonaut greenlights Magino gold project in Ontario
The board of directors of Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) has approved construction of the company’s wholly owned Magino gold project in Ontario, 40 km northeast…
Radisson drills high-grade gold below O’Brien resource
Radisson Mining Resources (TSXV: RDS; US-OTC: RMRDF) has released assay results for hole OB-20-156, drilled within its wholly owned, past-producing O’Brien project in Quebec, which…