Gold council urges miners to name refiners
Gold miners are being urged to identify the refiners receiving metal from each operating mine under a World Gold Council disclosure framework aimed at making legitimate gold flows easier to…
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EU fast-tracks KGHM’s $3.46B Polish copper projects
The European Commission has granted strategic status to two copper projects worth a combined more than 9.5 billion zlotys ($3.46 billion) being developed by Polish state-controlled producer KGHM Polska Miedz…
Editorial: Quebec’s new power rationing
This editorial appeared in The Northern Miner’s October print edition, which features a special focus on Quebec’s mining industry. As the province pursues new mines and mineral-processing plants, we examine…
Tax breaks could spur $1.6B more in exploration: AME
Federal govt’s commitment to expand eligible activities under CEE will create as many as 34,000 full time jobs, report found.
Infographic: Can Quebec build Canada’s first graphite supply chain?
Of Quebec’s many active and planned critical mineral operations, its graphite sector could be the first to establish a complete mine-to-battery-material supply chain in the province. Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE:…
Hot Chili drills shallow copper, gold in Chile
New drilling by Glencore (LSE: GLEN)-backed Hot Chili (ASX, TSX-V: HCH; US-OTC: HHLKF) has extended shallow copper-gold mineralization at its La Verde porphyry discovery in coastal Chile, strengthening the case…
Colorado summit video: Financier flags cracks in inflated tech rally
Weakening participation in the Nasdaq rally signals a possible market top, says Crescat Capital founder and CEO Kevin Smith, whose firm hedges some funds against a selloff that could also…
UK scientists turn to biology in search for cleaner lithium
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are leading a £6.2-million ($8.2-million) project to develop protein-based membranes that could make lithium extraction more selective and potentially less energy-intensive. The three-year initiative,…
CleanTech Lithium expands foothold in Argentina
CleanTech Lithium (LSE: CTL) has secured options to add two lithium brine properties in Argentina’s Salar de Antofalla, expanding its footprint near the flagship Laguna Verde project. The company signed…
Water, chemistry challenge Lithium Triangle growth
Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold about 43% of the world’s identified lithium resources, but differences in brine chemistry and water availability complicate efforts to turn the Lithium Triangle’s geological wealth…
Sponsored video: Canagold nears construction decision at New Polaris
Canagold Resources CEO Catalin Kilofliski in conversation with The Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Canagold Resources and produced in co-operation…
Wesdome eyes low-cost gold boost at Quebec’s Kiena
Wesdome Gold Mines’ (TSX: WDO; US-OTC: WDOFF) Kiena mine in Val-d’Or, Que., could increase production by 10% to 15% without major new capital spending, while an aggressive drilling program is…
Levack restart puts Magna on two-mine path
Magna Mining (TSX: NICU; US-OTC: MGMNF) has approved a $70-million (US$49 million) restart of its Levack nickel-copper mine near Sudbury, Ont., targeting commercial production by mid-2028. Thursday’s preliminary economic assessment…
Moly heads for 6th straight deficit, record prices: BMO
Molybdenum is on course for a sixth consecutive year of supply deficit in 2027, setting the stage for record prices as strong demand meets a limited pipeline of new production,…
Copper price gains as Chile strike threatens output
Copper prices climbed Thursday as a strike by more than 700 workers at Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Centinela mine in Chile raised concerns about production disruptions that could become more serious…
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Northern Miner awards Sean Boyd who built Agnico Eagle on ‘culture of the heart’
Sean Boyd complimented Paul Penna on his briefcase the first time the young auditor met Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) founder in 1983. Penna placed it on the tiny…
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…