B2Gold’s new CEO gets his Goose test
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG; NSX: B2G) has handed Mike Cinnamond a Far North test in his first weeks as CEO: finish the Goose mine ramp-up in Nunavut to restore…
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Sponsored: Novo’s Belltopper resource starts small, aims bigger
Novo Resources Executive Co-Chairman Michael Spreadborough in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Novo Resources and produced in co-operation…
South32 sells aluminum businesses to Alcoa for $5.6B
Australia’s South32 (ASX: S32) has agreed to sell nearly its entire aluminum portfolio to Alcoa (NYSE: AA; ASX: AAI) in a deal valued at up to $5.6 billion (C$7.9 billion)….
Sponsored: Vista shifts Mt Todd from study to build
Vista Gold CEO Fred Earnest (R) in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Vista Gold and produced in…
Rinehart invests $50M in X-ray tech for ore, cancer
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, is backing California-based Lumitron Technologies with a $50 million investment to commercialize high-resolution imaging technology used to improve ore processing and cancer detection. The investment…
Hyundai backs ioneer’s Nevada lithium-boron project
Shares in Australian lithium developer ioneer (ASX: INR) gained this week after securing support from two South Korean engineering and infrastructure groups for its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada, a…
Li-FT bets $12M to turn diamond mine into lithium hub
Li-FT Power (TSX-V: LIFT) has secured an exclusive option to acquire Québec’s Renard diamond mine and processing complex, a move that could significantly reduce development costs and accelerate production plans…
BHP, Rio test electric trucks to cut iron ore emissions
Industry leaders begin testing electric haul trucks as mining seeks to cut emissions at scale.
Major Newmont mine Cadia halted after quake: report
Underground operations at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM) Cadia gold mine in Australia -– one of the country’s largest mining operations — have been suspended for the second time in nine…
BHP takes $2.3B hit on Jansen potash mine as cost forecast swells again
BHP Group (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) plans to record a $2.3-billion (C$3.25-billion) impairment charge on its giant Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan due to cost and timing overruns for the…
BHP to sell $1.5B Chile power lines in copper-first pivot
Mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP) is preparing to sell about $1.5 billion worth of power transmission assets in Chile as the world’s largest miner sharpens its focus on copper and…
Rio Tinto’s giant copper mine blocked: protesters halt Oyu Tolgoi exports
Protesters blocked copper concentrate exports from Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine on Wednesday, disrupting shipments from one of the world’s most important copper projects and renewing…