Erdene to pour first gold at Mongolia mine in 2025
Erdene Resource Development (TSX: ERD) said on Tuesday it expects to pour first gold at its Bayan Khundii project in southwestern Mongolia in late 2025, when it will become one…
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Commentary: Like Frodo, we should embrace our enemy’s enemy
Professor J.R.R. Tolkien died 50 years ago, and we can learn from his hero in Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins, who made an expedient choice for his guide into…
Saudi firm to buy 10% stake in Vale’s energy metals business
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has inked a binding agreement with Manara Minerals, a joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s state-owned miner Ma’aden and the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund. In this deal, Manara…
Orea shares surge on revised deal for Nordgold’s stake in French Guiana project
Orea Mining (TSX: OREA; OTC: OREAF) has signed a revised agreement to acquire Nordgold’s 55.01% interest in the Montagne d’Or gold project in French Guiana, the company said on Thursday. …
Video: Dundee’s process innovations help miners get greener
The mining and smelting industry has faced environmental risks for decades, but now new mineral extraction and metallurgical technologies are helping to mitigate them. Dundee Sustainable Technologies has developed two…
Investors flock to safety on rising risk around the globe
Prospective geology, reasonable costs, workable permitting and regulation regimes, and political stability rarely go together in a mining jurisdiction. That’s what makes mining such a high-risk, high-stakes business. Early entry…
Polymetal plans exile to Kazakhstan as Russia ties cause a London stink
Top-ten gold producer Polymetal (LSE: POLY) on May 10 proposed a plan to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and redomicile to the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in…
Indonesia emerges as a cobalt powerhouse amid surge in demand
Demand for cobalt is set to more than double by 2030 to 388,000 tonnes as the electric vehicle (EV) sector shifts into overdrive, says a new Benchmark Mineral Intelligence report….
RANKED: The world’s longest-lived battery metals mines under construction
With growing demand for battery metals including nickel, lithium and graphite, The Northern Miner has teamed up with our data provider Mining Intelligence to rank the top battery metals projects…
RANKED: Top 10 new copper projects by mine life
Demand for copper, an economic indicator in itself because of its widespread use in wiring and plumbing, is expected to vastly expand as the world transitions to greener energy to…
Top uranium miner Kazatomprom to develop own rare metals deposit
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP), will begin developing its own deposit of rare metals in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe province through its subsidiary Ulba Metallurgical Plant. The Kazatomprom’s unit,…
U.S. markets decline Apr. 17-21 as recession concerns beat earnings
U.S. markets fell slightly as investors weighed strong corporate earnings and declining inflation against the fall of the index of leading economic indicators to its lowest point in more than…