Rio Tinto in $737M decarbonization and critical minerals production push
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is investing up to $515 million over the next eight years to decarbonize its Fer et Titane (RTFT) operations in Sorel-Tracy, Que….
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Gatos Silver shares rise on record quarterly production
Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) is coming off its best ever quarter of production, with the 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico producing a record 2.7 million oz. of silver…
Cameco and Brookfield Renewable agree to US$7.9B Westinghouse nuclear services buy
Canada’s largest uranium producer Cameco (TSX: CCO) has announced a significant expansion into the nuclear services sector after agreeing to buy U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric with Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP)…
Burkina Faso’s second military coup of 2022 raises risks for miners
Burkina Faso-focused miners say operations have not been affected following a second coup d’état on Sept. 30 that saw the country’s president Lt.-Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba overthrown after only…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 312: Mining industry communication ‘has to shift’, ft Stratalis’ George Hemingway at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features George Hemingway, Managing Partner Head of Innovation Practice, Stratalis, in conversation with Northern Miner production editor Blair McBride at the Q3 Global Mining Symposium. George discusses…
Azimut’s Patwon gold zone named AEMQ Discovery of Year
Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; OTC: AZMTF) has received the Discovery of the Year award from the Mineral Exploration Association of Quebec (AEMQ) for the discovery of the Patwon gold zone…
GMS: Mining veteran Doug Silver on the ‘massive role’ of Canadians in global mining
Canadians may be a modest bunch, but when it comes to our importance in the global mining industry, we could stand to brag a little. At The Northern Miner’s Q3…
De Beers names Equinor’s Cook as new CEO
De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer by value, has appointed oil and energy industry executive Al Cook as its new chief executive to replace Bruce Cleaver, who leaves the top job after six…
Vital Metals bails on Quebec rare earths projects
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML), the first rare earths producer in Canada, has walked away from a deal with Quebec Precious Metals Corp. (TSX-V: QPM) to buy the junior’s Zeus project and…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week of Sept 30-Oct 7
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Site visit: Revival Gold closes in on prefeasibility for historic Beartrack-Arnett project in Idaho
When Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG) was founded in 2017 around a property consolidation of the Beartrack-Arnett gold project — a land position that was originally held by the first governor…
Prairie Creek zinc project to get push from equity firm buyout of NorZinc
Resource Capital Funds, a Denver-based private equity company focused on mining, is buying the rest of NorZinc (TSX: NZC) to boost its Prairie Creek zinc project in the Northwest Territories….