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,…
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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…
Canada’s first tech metals mine goes live
Australia’s Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) has started rare earth elements production at its Nechalacho project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. In doing so, the company helped solidify Canada’s role globally…
Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up
The world is at the start of an exponential upswing in demand for the suite of technology metals as a global top-down push for the energy revolution accelerates, Ryan Castilloux,…
Rob McEwen says newly minted McEwen Copper will provide shareholders with exceptional copper price leverage
With the copper price trending in record territory after nearly doubling over the past 12 months, mining veteran and industry luminary Rob McEwen tells The Northern Miner the time had…
Centerra brings additional claims in Kyrgyz-Kumtor arbitration
Canadian miner Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CCAU) has brought additional claims in its binding arbitration against the Kyrgyz Republic government as it fights the “wrongful expropriation” of the cornerstone…
Western Uranium to restart Sunday mine complex
Easing Covid-19 risks and improved uranium fundamentals have prompted Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) to pull the trigger on a restart of uranium exploration development and mining…
Orano reports mining and nuclear services contract growth
French-based uranium miner and nuclear fuels services provider Orano says it has bagged several new uranium mining and front-end services contracts worth more than US$450 million (€380 million). The company…
Seabridge and Eskay Mining ink road cost-sharing accord
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) and junior explorer Eskay Mining (TSXV: ESK) have agreed to share the $12 million construction bill of the first stage of an access road to the…