AI boom fails to lift gold demand, WGC says
The artificial-intelligence (AI) surge has yet to raise overall technology-sector demand for gold, as attempts by manufacturers to reduce their use of the metal – still at high prices –…
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BHP’s Escondida restart eases tight copper supply woes
The mine halt, low Chinese inventories and an approaching holiday pause had left the copper market with little room for supply disruptions.
Lundin Gold hits record 1035 g in Ecuador
New drilling by Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) at its Fruta del Norte property in Ecuador improves the odds that the mine’s operating life can be lengthened. Hole BLP-2026-483-D2…
SuperCritical tests seawater uranium system
SuperCritical Materials has partnered with the University of Michigan to test whether technology for extracting uranium from seawater can withstand the mechanical demands of industrial-scale marine deployment. The research will…
BHP wins top BC reclamation award for Island Copper
BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) won British Columbia’s top mine reclamation award for work continuing more than three decades after its Island Copper mine closed on northern Vancouver Island. The…
Rainbow taps Neo to advance South African rare earths
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) has selected Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) to help design the final separation circuit at its Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa, clearing the…
TD sees rhodium surplus ending four-year squeeze
Rhodium prices are poised to fall as weakening autocatalyst demand pushes the market into surplus next year, though exceptionally thin inventories leave the rare metal vulnerable to sharp supply-driven rallies,…
Worker death keeps world’s largest copper mine shut
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) kept the globe’s biggest copper mine shut Thursday after an employee was killed during maintenance work at its Escondida operation in northern Chile and regulators investigated…
OceanaGold’s 97-gram hit backs Waihi expansion
OceanaGold (TSX, NYSE: OGC) is studying a 50% expansion of its Waihi processing plant in New Zealand after drilling some of Wharekirauponga’s richest holes yet, including 6.3 metres grading 97.2…
Kinross Gold cuts output, boosts shareholder payout
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has cut its 2026 and 2027 production outlook by about 8% from the previous guidance midpoint after weather and metallurgical problems at La Coipa…
Collective hits gold-tungsten beyond Apollo model
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) has hit high-grade gold and tungsten in schist outside the southern edge of its Apollo breccia in Colombia, opening a new drilling target beyond the…
US, Argentina launch ‘Andes-Atlantic Corridor” with up to $7B backing
The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) will finance up to $7 billion in Argentine critical minerals and energy projects as Washington seeks to strengthen its access to the region’s resources, the…
Tungsten West signs £1.4B offtake from UK
Tungsten West (LSE-A: TUN) has signed a binding eight-year deal to supply U.S. tungsten producer The Elmet Group (Nasdaq: ELMT) from its Hemerdon mine in southwest England, an agreement the…
Rio Tinto to expand metals trading beyond own output
Rio Tinto (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) plans to expand its metals trading business into third-party material and derivatives as chief executive Simon Trott seeks to squeeze more value from the…
Glencore sets Oct. 14 for Australian market debut
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) expects to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Oct. 14, tapping the country’s A$4.4-trillion (US$3.1-trillion) pension market to support its copper expansion and potential…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Copper tariff decision could trigger unwind, ft Bloomberg Intelligence’s Grant Sporre
Podcast: The geopolitics of mining in the Sahel and Myanmar, ft Critical Risk Team’s George McLeod
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Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…