Torex foregoes the Muckahi mining method for Media Luna
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) has announced it will proceed with conventional development and mining methods for its proposed Media Luna project in Mexico instead of using the newly developed Muckahi…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
Copper price: China’s scrap rebalancing act could de-rail recovery – report
Surging Chinese scrap copper imports that have doubled in the first half of 2021 are displacing to some extent refined cathode, concentrate, anode and blister imports, with analysis by Roskill…
Cameco pares Q2 loss as uranium contract business grows
Canada’s largest uranium producer Cameco (TSX: CCO) says it has managed to narrow its June-quarter headline loss despite a 32% drop in overall revenue. The quarter also saw its long-term…
Top Australian capital raises seek to create mining value
Australia-headquartered miners have been tapping the capital markets in the year to July 14 to raise a total of US$2.33 billion in capital, according to an analysis by the Northern…
Top 10 Canadian companies with assets in the U.S.
The U.S. is fertile ground for a variety of minerals, and Canadian companies are active throughout the country. The Northern Miner presents its Top 10 list of the biggest Canada-based…
Cleveland-Cliffs’ record Q2 results marred by earnings miss
Fully integrated US-based steel producer Cleveland-Cliffs has reported record operating and financial results for the quarter ended June, but earnings missed analyst expectations, sending the New York-quoted stock nearly 8%…
US bankruptcy court holds Kyrgyz government in contempt over Kumtor seizure
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled the Kyrgyz government is in contempt of court for continuing its legal actions locally against Canada’s Centerra…
Barrick reports a fatality at Hemlo
Operations at Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Hemlo mine, about 350 kilometers east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, remains suspended after a contract worker died on site late Wednesday. Perenti,…
Barrick’s Q2 gold production lower on production outages
Planned and unplanned maintenance shutdowns at Nevada Gold Mines in the US and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic have resulted in a 5.4% drop in the world’s second-largest gold…
Mako’s San Albino mine achieves commercial production milestone
Mako Mining (TSXV: MKO) has declared commercial production effective July 1 at its San Albino mine in northern Nicaragua. San Albino has a 500 tonne per day gravity and carbon-in-leach…
Pure Gold mulls an accelerated 8 Zone development plan
The Toronto-quoted equity of Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) rose more than 7% early Tuesday trading after the company reported strong second-quarter production, underground drilling success and the potential for…
Biochar used to sequester arsenic in acid mine drainage – report
Researchers at the University of Arizona are working to clean up acid mine drainage that contains substantial amounts of heavy metals like arsenic and lead by sequestering the chemicals in…