China question clouds Nunavut road-to-port plan
A Chinese state-backed miner owns the remote Izok Corridor in Nunavut, one of the richest zinc deposits in the world, and the Canadian government has provided some financing for the…
Analysis
Opinion: Why generalist investors avoid gold stocks
Gold is trading near all-time highs. Producers are carrying the strongest balance sheets they’ve had in a generation. Margins are at record levels, free cash flow is strong and management teams, by…
Podcast: Russian setbacks change Sahel, ft Critical Risk Team’s George McLeod
This week’s episode features George McLeod, mining partner at Critical Risk Team, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the escalating conflict in the Sahel, particularly in Mali and Niger….
Infographic: Canada’s Blue-Collar Wage Leaders
Canada’s mining sector has quietly become one of the most lucrative career paths in the country. Mining workers now earn an average of $42 an hour compared with $35 an…
Deutsche Bank cuts gold price target by 22%
Deutsche Bank has become the latest major institution to revise down its near-term target for gold prices amid concerns over inflation and high interest rates. In a note published Tuesday,…
Podcast: Gold bull market still intact, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian
This week’s episode features CPM Group Managing Partner Jeffrey Christian in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Christian discusses the outlook for gold, currencies, and energy markets, explaining why he says…
The metals AI data centres need most aren’t inside them
The power grid, not the server room, is where the global data centre boom is driving metals demand, according to Wood Mackenzie. Grid reinforcement, transmission networks and on-site power systems…
Canada risks losing critical minerals infrastructure race, PwC warns
Canada risks losing its competitive edge in critical minerals, energy and other strategic sectors unless it accelerates infrastructure investment and project approvals, according to a new PwC Canada report. Canada…
Conflict coltan from Congo linked to Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia supply chains
Coltan smuggled from mines controlled by the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered supply chains serving major technology and automotive companies, exposing weaknesses in industry…
Oil boosts risk of gold miner cost revisions: Jefferies
Elevated gold prices won’t be enough to help miners offset cost increases of as much as 9% if oil prices remain at current levels through the second half of 2026,…
Mining influencers take industry’s image battle to TikTok
As the mining industry asks how it can defend its reputation amid a critical and activist-oriented narrative prevailing in the West, young people in mining are taking it upon themselves to counter that narrative using smartphones and social media to tell…
KSM shows how difficult it is to build a mine in Canada
Canada still discovers giant gold deposits faster than it builds them and Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) KSM project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle is one of them. KSM won provincial and federal…