Rio’s Barton joins Carney’s $1T investment drive
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) chair Dominic Barton to lead Invest in Canada’s board as Ottawa expands the federal agency’s role in attracting…
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Court ruling backs Perpetua’s $1.3B Stibnite build
Perpetua Resources (TSX, Nasdaq: PPTA) is pressing ahead with early construction at its Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho after a U.S. federal court upheld key approvals against an environmental challenge….
Talamore gets key road permit for Coffee gold project
Talamore Mining (TSX: TALA; US-OTC: TALMF) has secured the remaining major permit needed to complete the 214-km all-season road to its Coffee gold project in Yukon, removing a key infrastructure…
Defense Metals drills 6% rare earths in BC
Resource-conversion drilling at Defense Metals’ (TSXV: DEFN) Wicheeda rare earths project in British Columbia has returned results as strong as 20.3 metres at 6.1% total rare earth oxides (TREO). That interval…
Summer surprises with 3rd highest capital raising
During the period from July 16 to Aug. 14, 2026, the three largest mining financings and credit-facility transactions totalled around $1.74 billion (US$1.25 billion), the third largest capital raising period…
Copper price eases nears record
Copper traded above $14,800 per tonne on Monday– equivalent to about $6.72 per lb. – and was close to its record high. Traders took profits and reassessed the outlook for…
Sponsored Mic’d Up: Dundee Sustainable offers alternative processing
In the latest Mic’d Up interview, Northern Miner Group video anchor Devan Murugan visits Dundee Sustainable Technologies in Thetford Mines, Que., for an on-site tour with President and CEO Jean-Philippe…
Glencore looms over Anglo-Teck’s $1.4B copper prize: FT
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) could complicate Anglo American’s efforts to capture the biggest gains from its $53-billion merger with Teck (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) as the miners negotiate how to…
SW US: Anfield wants $50M for Utah mill
Developer Anfield Energy (TSXV, Nasdaq: AEC) will seek to raise at least $50 million (C$69.3 million) in financing over the coming months to refurbish and reopen Utah’s Shootaring Canyon mill –…
Opinion: Battery Passport 2027 – the EU rule that reaches back to the mine
A regulation aimed at batteries is about to make demands of the people who dig up their raw materials. From Feb. 18, 2027, every battery placed on the EU market…
First Mining Gold inks First Nations agreement
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF) has signed an agreement with the First Nations of Cat Lake and Lac Seul to develop the Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario. The deal…
Lithium price: Fitch raises forecast, warns rally has outrun fundamentals
The most active lithium carbonate contract on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange closed at 152,500 yuan (about $22,500) a tonne on Wednesday, up 11% from July’s lows, as the stalled restart…
Antimony: The fire safety, defence and energy metal
What’s so special about antimony? Antimony is among a handful of metals that have been used for thousands of years. The ancients used it in cosmetics such as the eyeliner…
Zinc price jumps to 4-year high
Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply cuts tightened the physical market….
Boliden’s $1.3B Nexa buy adds S-American zinc, silver
Sweden’s Boliden (STO: BOL) has agreed to buy Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim’s controlling stake in Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) for $1.3 billion (C$1.8 billion) in shares, giving the European miner a…
The Northern Miner Podcast
Podcast: Reuters’ Andy Home on declining copper and aluminum inventories on the LME
Podcast: Mineral War — China’s grand plan to dominate metals markets, ft Tomasz Nadrowski
Podcast: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Haytham Hodaly on the evolution of the streaming model
Podcast: Is the West’s mining strategy working? Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby on policy and supply chains
Opinion/Commentary
Global Mining Symposium
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 and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
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, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…