Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Froneman to retire
Neal Froneman, the founder and longtime CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW), will retire at the end of September after 12 years at the helm. He is to be…
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Fundraising by junior, intermediate miners hits lowest since 2019: S&P
Funds raised by junior and intermediate mining companies dropped by 12% in 2024 to US$10.3 billion globally, its lowest in five years, according to data tracked by S&P Global. This…
AME JV video: Silvercorp preps for 2026 production start at El Domo mine in Ecuador
Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) enters this year buoyed by a 43% quarterly revenue increase from its two mines in China as it advances two projects in South America…
Fortuna posts record precious metals output in 2024
Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) reported record production results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 from its five operating mines abroad. For the whole of 2024, Fortuna…
London Symposium JV Video: Pan American Silver
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) has expanded to 10 operations across eight countries with its Yamana Gold deal and looks to advance key projects after selling non-core assets,…
Teck allots up to US$3.9B to boost copper output
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, plans to invest up to US$3.9 billion over the next four years to increase its copper production to about…
American Pacific boosts copper at Palmer in Alaska
American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTC: USGDF) says a new report increases the copper resource at the Palmer project in southeast Alaska by double-digit percentages compared with 2019 estimates. The…
Rio Tinto, Glencore in M&A talks: Bloomberg
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and Glencore (LSE GLEN) have been discussing combining their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. The Australian mining giant and…
Biden signs order to power-up AI infrastructure
U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday to support the development of the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and meet the enormous energy requirements from AI data centres in…
Trade spats to curb industrial metals demand: BMO
BMO Capital Markets has lowered its demand estimates for next year on the anticipation that higher tariffs and multilateral trade friction could tamp down industrial output. “There is no getting…
YMP Scholarship: Mining industry must narrow talent gap by spotlighting roles in green transition
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Mining is perhaps more crucial today than at any other point in human…
London Symposium Video: New unified global sustainability standard to roll out by 2026, panel hears
Global mining groups aim to launch a single sustainability standard by early 2026 to simplify reporting and address industry challenges, an event in London heard this month. The International Council…