De Beers returns to Angola in search of diamonds
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond miner by market capitalization, has inked two mineral investment deals with the Angolan government granting the company exploration rights for 35 years in the…
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Black lung cases increase among US coal miners
An international team of researchers from the U.S., Canada and South Africa found higher levels of silica dust in the lung tissue of present-day coal miners working in central Appalachia…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 287: How are the miners doing? A close-up look at valuations of the top 10 mining companies
This week’s episode features an in-depth look at the top 10 mining companies by market capitalization. We examine the stock prices, charts, P/E ratios and dividends, and speculate on the…
Canterra hits multiple gold-mineralized intervals from fall drilling at Wilding project
Canterra Minerals (TSXV: CTM; OTC: CTMCF) has received results of a 4,200-metre diamond drill program completed in December 2021 at its wholly owned Wilding gold project. An additional 4,000-metre campaign…
Mexico’s lower house backs lithium nationalization plans
Mexico’s lower house of Congress has passed an amendment to mining legislation that paves the way for the state to nationalize the country’s lithium reserves. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s…
Solaris’s resource boost for Warintza copper project beats analysts’ predictions
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; US-OTC: SLSSF) has posted an updated resource estimate for the Warintza Central deposit at its Warintza copper project in southeastern Ecuador that has expanded inferred tonnage…
Nevada King increases private placement to $11.3M
Nevada King Gold (TSXV: NKG; OTC: NKGFF) is increasing its previously announced $6.8-million non-brokered private placement to $11.3 million through the issuance of 25 million common shares priced at 45¢ each….
Peruvian government to negotiate with communities opposing Glencore’s copper project
Peru’s Ministry of Environment and the southern Espinar province set up a dialogue process with the goal of finding solutions to the social and environmental problems locals say mining operations…
Market volatility to hit Q1 earnings for base metals miners
Despite higher commodity prices, base metal miners are likely to take an earnings hit in the first quarter of the year, as volatile price actions continue in the wake of…
Last leg of Ring of Fire road enters the environmental assessment process
The First Nations of Marten Falls and Webequie have submitted the terms of reference for the proposed Northern Road Link, a piece of infrastructure that Ontario describes as the “final…
Eldorado Gold flags Omicron hit to quarterly production
Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) hasn’t altered its 2022 production guidance of 460,000-490,000 oz. of gold untouched, despite reporting that higher-than-expected absenteeism due to the Covid-19 Omicron variant…
Chile heads towards two ‘lost decades’ of copper output growth
Chile’s crown as the world’s largest producer of copper is at risk as the country’s output continues to be lower than expected despite the billions of dollars invested in new…