Agnico Eagle’s Sean Boyd is TNM’s Mining Person of the Year
As we look back at the career so far of Sean Boyd — Agnico Eagle Mines’ vice-chairman and CEO, and The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2017…
Articles by John Cumming
Commentary: Apple and the vertical transformation of mining
In early February, Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. was in direct talks with an undisclosed mining company to secure long-term cobalt supplies to support the mounting demands of the company’s…
Editorial: New environmental assessment rules proposed for Canada
On Feb. 8 Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna introduced the 341-page Bill C-69, which seeks to comprehensively alter the current federal legislation guiding the environmental review and…
PMF panel discusses innovation in mine development
In this eighth and final installment of reports from the Progressive Mine Forum hosted by The Northern Miner in Toronto in October, we present an edited transcript of a roundtable…
Editorial: Cobalt positioned to enjoy strong year
In many eyes, cobalt is set to become an investor darling for 2018, and the recent royalty hike on cobalt production by the government of the world’s largest producer —…
BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move
Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…
Editorial: US gov’t slaps sanctions on Israeli mogul Dan Gertler
On Dec. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the year-old Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and related acts to block the property of 13 “malign…
Editorial: The coming US mining renaissance
While for much of past twenty years there has been a slow withering of the mining industry in the U.S., with the notable exceptions of a few bright spots such…
TNM’s most-read stories of 2017
It was another fascinating year in the mining industry, and this year’s list of most-clicked stories defies the journalistic convention of “if it bleeds, it leads”, whereby bad news generates…
Editorial: Top stories of 2017
Broadly speaking, 2017 was a year of renewed optimism for many miners and mineral explorers, fuelled by stronger commodity prices and long awaited financial payoffs from belt-tightening measures taken during…
TSX Venture rises, Dec 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.27 points to a 801.23-point close, as spot gold prices rose US$7.95 to US$1,256.44 per oz., and Comex copper prices gained US16¢ to US$3.14…
New book: The Art and Humour of John Kilburn – Cartoons from The Northern Miner
The Northern Miner is pleased to announce the publication of The Art and Humour of John Kilburn – Cartoons from The Northern Miner. It’s a hilarious, 262-page anthology of mining cartoons…