Jack and Adam Lundin are TNM’s Persons of the Year for 2024
Sometimes a discovery is so big, it takes generations to discover, define and develop – in order to become a mining district that produces metals for future generations. Over the…
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TNM names 2024 award winners: Jack and Adam Lundin, Amparo Cornejo, and Ross Beaty
The Northern Miner has named Jack and Adam Lundin as its Persons of the Year for 2024. Amparo Cornejo, chief sustainability officer of Teck Resources, has been chosen as the winner…
Adriatic Metals appoints Laura Tyler as CEO
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT ) has officially announced the appointment of Laura Tyler as its managing director and chief executive officer. Tyler, who has been with Adriatic…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame announces 2025 inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome four new members at a gala dinner and induction ceremony on Jan. 9, 2025, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The Northern…
YMP celebrates 2024 Eira Thomas and Peter Munk award winners
Scott Berdahl a Yukon-based geologist with a lifetime of experience prospecting in the bush and Ella Cullen, a New Zealander now living in Portugal who co-founded a business focused on…
Betty Jean Hall: the lawyer who broke down barriers for women in mining
Betty Jean Hall, a pioneering lawyer who dedicated her life to advocating for women in the mining industry, passed away on Aug. 16, at the age of 78. Her work…
Vale names CFO Gustavo Pimenta as next CEO
The Brazilian executive will succeed Eduardo Bartolomeo following a messy succession process.
People in Mining: Stephen Stewart’s tactical moves lift Ore Group on several fronts
A decade ago, Stephen Stewart launched Ore Group with a clear strategy: capitalize on distressed assets from the global financial crisis and develop them into high-potential projects. His approach has…
Vale Metals appoints mining veteran Shaun Usmar as CEO
Vale Base Metals, Vale‘s (NYSE: VALE) Canadian-based spinout of its metals business created last year, has appointed mining veteran Shaun Usmar as its new chief executive officer. Usmar brings over…
Boyd, Roosen, Quartermain: It takes grit, invention, luck to make the big time
Perseverance, a focus on geology and financial discipline and some good breaks are what’s needed to make a mining titan, some of the industry’s leaders told a conference put on…
Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has appointed Katie Jackson, a former Shell executive, as the new head of the company’s copper division, based in London, U.K. Jackson,…
Vale board members in a ‘state of war’ over CEO succession — report
The board of directors responsible for selecting the CEO of Vale (NYSE: VALE) is in turmoil, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported. Last week, consulting firm Russell Reynolds, hired to assist the…