Sixth Fortescue executive quits in less than a year
Fortescue‘s (ASX: FMG) global growth director, Julie Shuttleworth, has become the sixth senior executive to leave the company in less than a year, after spending more than a decade at…
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Gemfields picks ex-De Beers boss Bruce Cleaver as new chair
Emeralds and rubies miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) has appointed former De Beers chief executive, Bruce Cleaver, as chair and independent non-executive director. Cleaver, who was at the helm…
Gina Rinehart ups stake in lithium-focused Vulcan
Gina Rinehart, the billionaire mining magnate who owns Hancock Prospecting, has boosted her ownership in Vulcan Energy Resources (ASX: VUL) to 7.5% by injecting nearly €12.5 million ($18.5 million) into…
Hecla CEO Baker resigns
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) president and CEO Phillips Baker is being replaced by chairman Catherine Boggs as the largest silver miner in the United States searches for a permanent replacement. Baker,…
Rinehart asks Australia’s national gallery to take down her portrait
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart may have drawn more attention than she intended after she reportedly asked the country’s national gallery to remove a seemingly unflattering portrait of her. The portrait…
Cameco’s Gitzel explains uranium strategy
Tim Gitzel, president and CEO of uranium producer Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), recounted the ups downs of the nuclear industry as he described the company’s approach at The Northern Miner’s Energy…
Tim Gitzel, CEO of uranium miner Cameco, is our Mining Person of the Year for 2023
Tim Gitzel, an executive at Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) for 17 years and president and CEO for 13, has led the company through more bad times than good. Among…
Dundee’s Goodman on how to avoid mining’s investment pitfalls
Jonathan Goodman has had it with rosy economic studies from junior miners that fail to live up to expectations. “Have you ever seen a feasibility study or a pre-feasibility study…
Video: Douglas Silver on the clash between NPV and ESG
There’s an inherent conflict between the way mining investments are valued and environmental social and governance (ESG) principles, says mining veteran Douglas Silver. Net present value (NPV), the dominant metric…
Mining some tales with… Ross McElroy
Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This month, we feature Ross McElroy, president…
Scott Berdahl and Ella Cullen named Young Mining Professionals of the Year
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals’ (YMP) Eira Thomas and Peter Munk Awards for 2024 are Scott Berdahl of Whitehorse and Ella Cullen of Lisbon, Portugal. The YMP awards…
Former Teck CEO Don Lindsay joins BHP board
Don Lindsay will join the BHP board as a non-executive director on May 1.