Three ways to harvest more copper and save billions
Advances in technology to increase metal recovery could save billions of dollars and wipe out the 20% gap between copper supplies and demand as green energy accelerates, according to a…
Mexico and Central America
Fortuna on track for African gold while riding out Mexican standoff, Peru protests
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is pushing through a deadlock with Mexican authorities and the worst riots in Peru in decades without cutting production, even as it remains…
Cyber threats on the rise for resource industries
Mining companies continue to embrace digital technology to improve productivity and safety, and to make the most of insights made possible by big data and increasingly connected equipment and operations….
Video: BHP Xplor VP Sonia Scarselli on the accelerator’s first cohort
The Northern Miner recently sat down with BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli to discuss the recent announcement of the accelerator program’s first cohort of companies. The seven companies selected will…
Talks with First Quantum making headway, Panama says
Panama’s government said negotiations with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) about agreeing on a contract for the company’s Cobre Panama copper complex have shown signs of progress this week. Comments…
Torex Gold picks up the pace on Media Luna build
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) plans to invest between US$390 million and US$440 million in its flagship Media Luna gold project in Mexico this year to speed up development, with commercial production anticipated in…
Exclusive video: How Mexico-focused Avino Silver & Gold plans to triple its production
Non-executive chairman of Mexico-focused Avino Silver & Gold Mines outlines the company’s plans to transform from a junior mining company to an intermediate producer, tripling its production in five years….
TNM Drill Down: Ontario, BC, deliver top gold assays for Jan. 27–Feb. 3
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Exclusive AME Roundup video: GR Silver Mining’s Marcio Fonseca
Marcio Fonseca, president and COO of Mexico-focused explorer GR Silver Mining, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss the company’s recent discovery at…
Discovery Silver expands Cordero project output as costs limit returns
Discovery Silver’s (TSX-V: DSV, OTC: DSVSF) preliminary feasibility study on its Cordero project in northern Mexico expands output by 40% while increasing construction costs by nearly a quarter compared with…
Mexican court allows Fortuna Silver to keep mining at San Jose for now
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) reported Wednesday that the Mexican federal administrative court has granted a provisional injunction to allow the company’s San Jose mine to continue to…
Vizsla Silver updates Panuco resource tonnage in Mexico by 50%
Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has increased the indicated mineral resource tonnage by half at its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, western Mexico. The indicated mineral resource rose to 7.5 million tonnes grading…