Freeport strikes $110M deal for BC copper stake
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has agreed to pay $110 million (US$77.2 million) for a controlling stake in TDG Gold’s (TSXV: TDG) Aurora West project in British…
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Stelco fight exposes cracks in Canada’s factory bet
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) plans to bring back all 175 laid-off Stelco workers and repay their lost wages after weeks of pressure from Ottawa over employment…
Opinion: China truce could stall Canada’s rare earths
A longer trade truce with China could ease manufacturers’ rare earth supply fears while making potential Canadian alternatives harder to finance. On Nov. 9, Beijing…
Guinea gold mining crackdown leaves 10 dead
Ten people have been killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in Guinea’s northeastern gold-producing region of Siguiri, the government said, as a crackdown…
Capstone cuts copper outlook as restart slips
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC) has lowered the bottom of its annual copper production forecast by 5,000 tonnes after delaying the full restart of…
Friedland’s Ivanhoe Atlantic targets Pakistan copper
Ivanhoe Atlantic has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan’s Mari Minerals, a subsidiary of Mari Energies (PSX: MARI), to pursue mineral exploration opportunities…
Mining in Canada pays well but wage growth has sunk to near the bottom
Canada’s mining and oil and gas workers have the country’s highest average weekly earnings by a wide margin. They are also, this fall, among the…
Cerrado buys idled Argentina mine for $20M, eyes restart
Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT) acquired Pan American Silver’s (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) idled Manantial Espejo gold-silver operation in Argentina for $20 million (C$28.5 million), targeting a…
Aris extends Toroparu gold plan as cost climbs 36%
Aris Mining (TSX, NYSE: ARIS) raised the estimated construction cost of its Toroparu gold project in Guyana by 36% to $1.1 billion (C$1.6 billion), while…
Mineros’ gold bet raises cash and collateral risks
Mineros (TSX: MSA; US-OTC: MNSAF) bought $137.3 million (C$195.7 million) of bullion in the third quarter and expanded its borrowing against physical gold, drawing an…
Copper Drill Down: Brevene tops copper ranking
DPM Metals (TSX: DPM; ASX: DPM) led the copper ranking with 1,054 metres grading 1.20% copper from 1,172 metres depth at Brevene Porphyry South in…
Sponsored Resource Review video: New Found Gold eyes 120,000 oz. a year
New Found Gold CEO Keith Boyle in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by…
Sponsored Resource Review video: Krinor seeks Newfoundland’s next big copper find
Newfoundland’s next major discovery could come from overlooked copper-gold porphyry systems, Krinor Resources President Peter Dimmell says. The veteran geologist pointed to Pirate Gold (TSXV:…
Nemaska pause clouds Quebec lithium plans
Construction of Rio Tinto’s (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) Nemaska lithium plant in Quebec is set to remain on hold through 2027, putting its planned 2028…
Paladin seeks A$525M for Saskatchewan uranium
Australia’s Paladin Energy (ASX, TSX: PDN) has launched an A$525-million (C$511-million) equity financing to advance its Patterson Lake South uranium project in Saskatchewan towards first…
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Northern Miner awards Sean Boyd who built Agnico Eagle on ‘culture of the heart’
Sean Boyd complimented Paul Penna on his briefcase the first time the young auditor met Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) founder in 1983. Penna…
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then,…