Opinion: Why are commodities rising all at once?
It started with gold. Then silver. Then platinum. Then copper, aluminum, uranium, and zinc have all followed too. And now it’s the laggards. Oil, gas, and coal. Is the global economy playing…
Commentary
Opinion: Copper rally masks smelting power shift
Copper has rarely looked stronger. Prices are hovering near record levels, buoyed by electrification, artificial intelligence-driven demand expectations and a constrained pipeline of new mine supply. For producers and financial…
Editorial: The new feasibility
All the largest companies are doing it. Why shouldn’t Canada do it, too? The global mining industry has converged on a single idea: copper is the most important strategic metal….
Opinion: Will energy eclipse critical metals as a hedge?
What does Europe, a continent starved for commodities, do when it faces future shortages of critical minerals and energy? According to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the decision is straightforward: Make…
Opinion: At PDAC, Canada is on the clock
At this year’s annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto, there is more on the line than usual. For the first time in recent memory, the conference,…
Opinion: Another US incursion in Latin America
The United States has danced this tune many times in the past, and each time it led to misery, bloodshed or civil war for its southern neighbours. The track record of U.S. intervention isn’t good, and that’s perhaps sobering news for the Venezuelans. Take the period throughout the…
YMP Scholarship: Mining’s greatest upcoming challenge? Another lost generation
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2025 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Ten years ago, in the face of considerable economic turmoil, mining companies across the…
Podcast: Rick Rule on gold’s bull market, where he’s looking to next
This week’s episode features Rule Investment Media CEO Rick Rule in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli at the Investor Breakfast during The Northern Miner‘s International Mining Symposium in London this…
Opinion: Awakening the Argentine giant
What place holds the highest probability for a new world-class discovery? As an Australia-based geologist and investor, I tend to look in my own backyard first, which is the home bias effect. But the thing is, thanks…
Opinion: The US reclaims its exploration roots
No doubt we are sitting within a phase of geopolitical spotlighting on minerals that involves Donald Trump, China, tariffs, ending the war in Ukraine, Greenland and Russia. This is the…
Opinion: Tokenizing pounds in the ground
A reader recently introduced me to an interesting idea: a firm in the United States is looking to “tokenize” unmined gold resources. Here’s the pitch from the company ‘NatGold’ (emphasis…
Opinion: 2025, halfway through the blockbuster decade
This has been some decade and we’re only halfway through! It began with a global pandemic; planes stopped flying, and governments locked us inside our homes. A clue to what would…