Editor’s picks: Best human-interest stories of 2018
The following are the best human-interest stories that appeared in The Northern Miner in 2018, as selected by editor-in-chief John Cumming (click on headline to read story in full). Mining…
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Most-clicked stories of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, we take a look at the most-clicked stories on our website this year, in descending order (click on the headline to view the full…
Top stories of 2018
While prices for the major metals and other mined commodities mostly went sideways during 2018, there was plenty of big news over the year — much of its stoked by…
Stratabound hits gold in Golden Culvert’s first drilling
When Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) CEO Kim Tyler told people he wanted to drill Golden Culvert as soon as possible after optioning the Yukon gold project in October 2017, many…
Cobalt, palladium on Scotiabank’s ‘Naughty and Nice’ list of 2018
Weak production growth, steady-to-rising demand, supply deficits and falling inventories pushed prices of palladium up 19% in 2018, after a 51% jump in 2017, Scotiabank economist Rory Johnston concludes in…
Power Ore picks up historic Opemiska complex
Power Ore (TSXV: PORE) is buying the Opemiska copper mine complex in Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Québec (Ex-In), a private company. Opemiska consists of two past-producing underground mines operated by…
Supreme Metals pinpoints large, near-surface anomaly
Junior explorer Supreme Metals (TSXV: ABJ) has found a large, magnetic anomaly on its Bloom Lake East property in Labrador, 2.5 km east of Champion Iron Mines’ (TSX: CIA) flagship…
Outlook Snapshot: Eight juniors with plans for a busy 2019
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects…
Fruta del Norte, Cobre Panama lead wave of new 2019 mines
As a new year approaches, The Northern Miner runs down 15 of the most interesting new mines scheduled to begin production in 2019. Fruta del Norte (gold) Lundin Gold The Fruta…
Interview: Jeffrey Christian sums up 2018 themes and looks to 2019
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Interview: Stormcrow’s Jon Hykawy gives battery metal outlook for 2019
Jon Hykawy is the president and director of Stormcrow Capital. He is a research scientist and expert in lithium, the rare earths, fluorspar and tin. Originally training as a physicist,…
Interview: Scotiabank’s Rory Johnston on ‘volatile’ 2018, outlook for 2019
Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy and metal markets in Scotiabank’s Economics department. His research includes the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index (a monthly assessment of developments affecting the…