Silver jumps to two-week high amid US-Iran deadlock
Precious metals started the week on a strong note, with silver rising to a two-month high, despite fresh setbacks surrounding United States-Iran peace talks. Spot silver surged as much as…
United States
TMC, Allseas strike first seabed nodule mining deal
The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) has signed a commercial agreement with offshore engineering giant Allseas to develop and operate what the companies say would be the world’s first commercial deep-sea…
Sponsored: Q&A With SRK – Christina James on water, risk and regulation
The Northern Miner’s video host Devan Murugan spoke with Christina James, president of SRK Canada and principal water resources engineer, at SRK’s Toronto office about water balances, regulation, independence and how the…
Blast from the Past: US deals blow to Canada over uranium contracts, Nov. 1959
Canada had become the world’s top uranium producer by 1958, with exports of the metal surpassing all others in value as Cold War demand surged. Boomtowns such as Elliot Lake,…
Sherritt shares crater on Cuba sanctions shock
Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF) shares plunged 30% on Thursday after the Canadian miner suspended its direct participation in Cuba operations as a result of sweeping new United States…
Gold price drops from two-week high
Gold set a two-week high before noon Thursday on optimism over a U.S.-Iran peace deal before losing most of its gains late in the North American trading day. Spot gold…
McEwen climbs on quarterly earnings beat
Shares of McEwen (NYSE, TSX: MUX) advanced after the Canadian gold and silver miner reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Net income for the first quarter reached $33.4 million or $0.56 per…
Rio Tinto boss pushes cost cuts with jobs in focus
Rio Tinto (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) CEO Simon Trott said on Wednesday he will continue to streamline the company’s global operations with the goal of reaching billions of dollars in…
Gold price rebounds on US-Iran deal hopes
Gold bounced back on Wednesday to approach a two-week high, as optimism over a U.S.-Iran peace deal eased concerns over inflation and an extended period of high interest rates. Spot…
TMCR expands into iron ore with $133M US deal
The Metals Royalty Company (Nasdaq: TMCR), a spinoff from seabed mining hopeful The Metals Co. (Nasdaq: TMC), is buying a royalty on Mesabi Metallics’ iron ore project in Minnesota for…
Geopolitical shocks build copper’s bull case: Sprott
The investment thesis for copper is only getting stronger amid renewed emphasis on energy security and growing concerns over supply as the cost of metal production surges, according to Sprott…
Breaking the West’s uranium enrichment bottleneck
With a full U.S. ban on imported Russian enriched uranium set to take effect in 2028, Western utilities are moving to rebuild enrichment and conversion capacity. That shift is reshaping the economics of the nuclear…