Baltimore bridge crash weakens link in global coal chain
Thermal coal producer Consol Energy (NASDAQ: CEIX) is one of scores of companies hit by this week’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that has shut the port of…
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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…
JV Video: Miners need top software to organize complex ESG, Onyen CEO says
Heightened calls for environmental, social and governmental improvements in mining and hundreds of standards around the world requires industry-leading software, Onyen CEO and founder Laurie Clark says in a new…
VIDEO: PDAC president echoes industry calls for METS renewal
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) calls on the federal government to extend the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit. This indispensable financial tool was set to expire on March…
Former Teck CEO Don Lindsay joins BHP board
Don Lindsay will join the BHP board as a non-executive director on May 1.
Endeavour’s probe into former CEO finds US$15M of “disguised” payments
An internal investigation into Endeavour Mining’s (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) former chief executive Sébastien de Montessus has concluded he intentionally concealed payments totalling US$15 million to an undisclosed third party…
Explaining the copper conundrum
Arguably, no one is more aware of the coming copper shortage than copper miners themselves. Glencore CEO Gary Nagle warned in late 2022 — just months before the company made…
Hummingbird forced to delay commercial production at Guinea gold mine
Hummingbird Resources (AIM: HUM) says it won’t reach commercial production at its Kouroussa gold mine in Guinea by the end of March a planned because its main mining contractor stopped work…
Alamos buys Magino gold mine in Ontario for US$325M
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is acquiring Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) and its past-troubled Magino mine in northern Ontario in an all-share deal valued at US$325 million to become Canada’s third-largest…
Trust deficit? What trust deficit?
For decades, some critics have felt at liberty to describe the mining sector as lacking public trust, but the reality doesn’t really conform with that accusation, at least in Canada. …
Video: Volcanic Gold CEO on the discovery trail in Guatemala
What the market interpreted to be an exploration miss for Volcanic Gold Mines (TSXV: VG) at the Mila discovery on the Motagua Norte project in Guatemala turned out to help…
JV video: Bolivia-focused New Pacific Metals shifts to development gear
New Pacific Metals (TSX: NUAG; NYSE-AM: NEWP) aims to release studies for both of its projects in Bolivia by mid-year. The company is working on a preliminary feasibility study for…