CEO Tristan Pascall on First Quantum’s future
The highs and lows of copper are not quite as far apart as memecoins or stonks, but in the last couple of years more than the usual number of fires…
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Sahel faces widening security threats, analysts say
Despite military governments across West Africa, the region’s security situation is worsening as insurgents flush with kidnapping ransoms and illegal mining profits threaten fuel supplies and road networks, according to…
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were well-versed by…
Canadian federal budget promises billions for mining
Canada’s Liberal government plans to form a $2-billion sovereign fund for critical minerals, earmark hundreds of millions in mining industry spending and widen exploration tax credits to a dozen other…
Deepest marathon on Earth tests runners and miners
It was hot, damp and utterly dark, the kind of darkness that swallows sound. A line of headlamps bobbed through the tunnels of Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine more than a…
Government equity in miners becomes U.S. norm
The Trump administration is ratcheting up government ownership in mining companies that are nominally Canadian, raising questions about whether Ottawa plans similar investments. Trump has ordered his Department of War…
TNM names 2025 award winners: Clive Johnson, Bruno Lemelin and Pierre Lassonde
The Northern Miner has chosen Clive Johnson, CEO of B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG), as its Person of the Year for 2025. Bruno Lemelin, chief operating officer of Iamgold (TSX:…
Mining Forum Americas: Taiwan war could reshape metals – fast
Colorado Springs, Colo. – The “Trumponomics” playbook – 10% base tariffs, a weak-dollar tilt and rising great-power risk – points to more gold upside and a messy reroute of mining…
Elton John extols gold as price does a Rocket Man
Elton John has said goodbye to the yellow brick road – but not to the yellow metal, which is a big part of his life as the new short film…
Friedland sells 4% of Ivanhoe to Qatar for $500M
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has agreed to a $500-million investment from Qatar that gives its sovereign wealth fund 4% of the Canadian copper miner founded by billionaire Robert Friedland….
Beaver Creek: ‘Paper gold is over’ as BRICS build dollar-free payments
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Canadian dealmaker Frank Giustra says the age of paper gold is ending as BRICS nations stand up a parallel financial system that routes around the U.S….
Freeport CEO urges US aid to grow copper
United States mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) is calling on the Trump administration to sweeten incentives for domestic copper producers and cut permitting times to help offset weak metal grades,…