Generation options Sibanye-Stillwater’s Marathon
Financier Jamie Levy and mine builder Kerry Knoll have kept busy since selling Pine Point Mining and its zinc project in the Northwest Territories last year to Osisko Metals (TSXV:…
2019
A diamond by any other name?
When Signet Jewelers’ (NYSE: SIG) e-commerce subsidiary James Allen began offering man-made diamonds in May, the company added an additional search tab to the site: “earth-created diamonds” or “lab-created diamonds.”…
Rio Tinto uses novel technology to test Star
In early June, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) began a planned bulk sample program at Star Diamond’s (TSX: DIAM) Star-Orion South diamond project, 60 km east of Prince Albert,…
Commentary: Innovation is needed in processing of battery raw materials
With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage technologies, there is little doubt demand will grow for battery raw materials that must be sourced from the mining…
Editorial: How to write as a business journalist
This is my second-last editorial for The Northern Miner, as I will soon depart to join gold miner Agnico Eagle Mines as a senior geologist in their Toronto head office,…
Stornoway stock sinks on liquidity issues
In early 2017, Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) achieved commercial production at its 100% owned Renard diamond mine in Quebec. The junior had a lot to celebrate. It had done the…
Yamana’s Marrone on where gold companies can find value propositions
At The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium, held at Canada House in London, U.K., Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) executive chairman Peter Marrone spoke on the many changes at…
Gahcho Kué delivers fancies, large stones
Partners Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD) and De Beers seem to be finding their stride at the Gahcho Kué mine, in the Northwest Territories. Mountain Province owns a…
Japan Gold drills Ohra–Takamine project
Japan closed all 76 of its gold mines during World War II, and reallocated personnel to base metal mines and factories. After the war, it only reopened 12 of the…
DPA battles diamond mining misconceptions
Jean-Marc Lieberherr readily concedes that the industry he represents and speaks for – global diamond mining – has an image problem. “There are so many misconceptions about diamond mining,” says…
Lucara advances its Clara digital sales platform
Lucara Diamond’s (TSX-LUC) Karowe mine in Botswana continues to turn out enormous diamonds. The latest, in April, weighed in at 1,758 carats. While the diamond was recovered unbroken, the stone…
Editorial: Are diamonds forever?
We’re hosting our second annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium in June in Toronto at an unlikely time. In a sector that has seen so much uncertainty in the past decade,…