BlueScope plays down $8.8B takeover bid
Australia’s BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL) said Monday it will likely reject an A$13.2 billion (US$8.8 billion) takeover proposal from a consortium led by Kerry Stokes-backed SGH (ASX: SGH) and U.S.-based…
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Trapper emerges as Saga’s top titanium-vanadium plot
Initial drilling by Saga Metals (TSXV: SAGA; US-OTC: SAGMF) at its Radar iron-titanium-vanadium project in Labrador is revealing high grades at shallow depths that show its Trapper target rivals the…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…
Largo to sell Brazil iron ore for $56M
Largo (TSX, Nasdaq: LGO) has received a binding term sheet for the potential sale of iron ore calcine, a byproduct of its vanadium mining operations in Brazil. The term sheet…
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
Ivanhoe starts copper smelter output in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has officially begun copper anode production at Kamoa-Kakula’s state-of-the-art, direct-to-blister smelter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First production occurred on Dec. 29,…
Axis sues Guinea for $29B over bauxite permit
United Arab Emirates-based bauxite producer Axis International has filed a $28.9-billion arbitration claim against Guinea at a World Bank tribunal after the government revoked its mining permit in May. Axis…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…
London Symposium video: Cutifani on connections
Mining companies must do a better job of connecting with youth, First Nations, recycling and new technology, former Anglo American (LSE: AAL) CEO Mark Cutifani says in a new video….
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…
London Symposium JV Video: First Mining Gold outlines Springpole project path
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) is targeting environmental approvals in the new year after an updated prefeasibility study showed its Springpole project in Ontario is valued near double…