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…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
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…
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…