RANKED: Top gold producers of H1 2023
Gold has taken centre stage this year as a flurry of multi-billion dollar M&A deals have played out in the industry. Newmont’s (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) US$19.2 billion acquisition of…
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Industry council strives to cut emissions with new guidelines
Mining’s top industry group with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) among its members has published a framework for companies…
TNM Drill Down: New Found Gold’s Queensway delivers week’s top gold assay
The top gold assays from Aug. 25-Sept. 1 come from Canada, Brazil and Australia. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence….
Talga keeps permit for graphite mine in Sweden
Talga Group (ASX: TLG) has scored a key victory after a Swedish court rejected on Thursday appeals from lobby groups opposed to the development of the Nunasvaara natural graphite mine in the…
Fortescue CFO leaves three days after CEO’s departure
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) added a new name to its list of fleeting top executives on Thursday with the exit of the chief financial officer of its metals division, Christine Morris,…
Robots enhance prospectors’ role as GeologicAI and peers scan drill core assays
GeologicAI, a Canadian tech company with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) as a client and the backing of the Bill Gates-funded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is part of a…
BHP mulls taking Escondida underground as it moves to unveil its own leach technology
BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) has kicked off a series of studies to carry out over the next 18 months at its operations in Chile, as the company…
TNM Drill Down: Mapping the top drill holes YTD
We’ve compiled a map of the top gold, silver, copper, nickel, lithium and uranium assays year-to-date. Click here to see the visualization.
Rio Tinto-First Quantum JV to develop massive copper project in Peru
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) have formed a joint venture to advance the La Granja copper project in Peru to development….
TNM Drill Down YTD: Australia and Canada dominate top gold drill results this year
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for major metals…
Fortescue CEO Fiona Hick’s sudden departure raises eyebrows
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) announced on Monday the unexpected departure of its chief executive officer Fiona Hick, who held the post for less than six months and who attended a…
What the ascent of hydrogen as a renewable resource means for platinum demand
The emerging global hydrogen supply chain is essentially “made of platinum,” declares Bank of America Global Research commodities strategist Michael Widmer, coauthor of the bank’s Global Metals Weekly report. If…