What’s really driving aluminium prices
The West African nation of Guinea is often referred to as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of bauxite since it produces about 23% of the world’s supply of the commodity—second only to…
Editorial
Violence escalates in West Africa’s tri-border Sahel region
As the world watched the Taliban assume control of Afghanistan this summer and the U.S. withdraw its last troops from the war-torn country, another conflict, thousands of kilometers away in…
BHP looks to the future; US Senate passes infrastructure bill
After years of indecision and US$4.5 billion (pre-tax) invested in development since 2008, BHP has announced that it will move forward with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan and approved…
Curb your enthusiasm: No end in sight for burning coal
While some banks and other lenders are cutting off funding for new coal-fired power plants and turning their backs on coal mining projects more generally, the number of new coal…
Evolution Mining is on a roll
When Jake Klein spoke about Evolution Mining at the Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium in May, the company’s founder and executive chairman emphasized that his team was “continually looking to…
Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going…
Editorial: Potash sector has ‘attractive fundamentals’
In our July 5-18 issue we bring you our popular rankings by market capitalization of the top ten Canadian-headquartered companies across five sectors. The lists are always a compelling read…
Risk is a moving target
With more than 99.6% of the votes counted in Peru’s presidential election, it looks like left-wing Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party has defeated his right-wing opponent, Keiko Fujimori,…
Balancing risk and reward in South America
The Northern Miner’s second-quarter Global Mining Symposium in mid-May was a great success, with 1,432 delegates tuning in from 86 countries. In this issue we cover the conference’s keynote speakers,…
Supercycle or bull market?
Soaring prices this month for copper and iron ore are leading some people to think that we are on the verge of a new supercycle. But as our new reporter…
Is uranium coming back in vogue?
Last week, Anthony Milewski, a director of International Consolidated Uranium, made the case to our readers that uranium sentiment is finally improving and the nuclear fuel is now having its…
Friedland: “It’s copper, copper, copper, copper, copper, copper …”
I’ve covered the mining industry for more than a decade and during that time have had many opportunities to listen to presentations and speeches by Ivanhoe Mines’ founder Robert Friedland….