Lithium price plummet due to continue
Lithium prices are expected to decline further because of rising supplies of the battery metal, subdued Chinese demand and a lacklustre American electric vehicle (EV) market. Australia, which mined about…
Articles by Colin McClelland
Uranium hits new post-Fukushima high
The spot price of uranium continues to rise, boosted by pledges to triple nuclear power by mid-century, supply hiccups from producers such as Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and the looming…
Mining some tales with… Scott Berdahl
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month it’s Scott Berdahl, co-founder & CEO of…
Why the mining industry should deliver a social contract
The “E” of ESG — environment — tends to get the lion’s share of attention in the mining sector. This has probably been warranted by the increasingly prescriptive nature of…
Gold heists: Air Canada caper shows yellow metal’s criminal allure hasn’t dimmed
It’s a gold mine in the dead of night. Crooks snip through a wire fence and find keys to a forklift still in the ignition. It roars to life and…
A list of the biggest gold heists
A survey of some cases where gold didn’t get to point B shows the recent Toronto caper isn’t the largest and Air Canada has been targeted before. (Click here for…
Kazakhstan exports most uranium in eight years
Kazakhstan, the world’s leading uranium producer, has reported its highest sales of the nuclear fuel since 2015 driven mainly by China’s increase in demand as it rivals France for the…
Agnico Eagle invests in Finland-focused FireFox Gold
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), the third-largest gold miner by market value, is buying a stake of junior FireFox Gold (TSXV:FFOX; US-OTC:FFOXF) that may progress to a joint…
Xtra-Gold expands Boomerang system deeper at Kibi project in Ghana
Xtra-Gold Resources (TSX: XTG; US-OTC: XTGRF) says new drill results bode well for growing the Kibi gold project in Ghana beyond the limit of a 2021 resource footprint. Crews discovered…
Thesis Gold grows Ranch project in northern BC
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) says its latest drill results expand mineralization in the JK zone at the Ranch project in north-central British Columbia. The results lengthened mineralization along north-south…
AngloGold Ashanti invests in G2 Goldfields as Guyana faces annexation threat
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU), the fourth-largest gold producer, is buying a stake in Guyana-focused G2 Goldfields (TSXV: GTWO; US-OTC: GUYGF) even as neighbouring Venezuela vows to seize the land where its…
Pan Am Silver’s La Colorado Skarn project is large but manageable, BMO says
Pan American Silver’s (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) La Colorada Skarn project in Mexico could mine 50,000 tonnes of ore a day to produce 17.2 million oz. a year of silver,…