Editorial: Terrorist attacks plague Burkina Faso
This week has been a particularly bloody one for sub-Saharan, West Africa mining nations, with major terrorist attacks on targets a day apart in Burkina Faso and Mali. In Burkina…
Articles by John Cumming
Barrick’s Dushnisky on miner’s rebound, JVs
At the Canadian Mining Symposium hosted by The Northern Miner at Canada House in London, U.K., in May, session moderator Bill Whitelaw, executive vice-president of Northern Miner parent company Glacier…
East Coast Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt in Atlantic Canada
Although many of the mineral deposits in Atlantic Canada are on the smaller side, the region is nonetheless home to dozens of junior explorers and developers with active programs in…
Commentary: One theory on the root of Acacia’s troubles in Tanzania
Long-simmering resource nationalism in Tanzania heated up this March with a sudden export ban on ore concentrates by Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who said that “based on the information that…
Editorial: Barrick’s Acacia, Tanzanian gov’t stay on collision course
The months-long showdown between Barrick Gold’s 63.9%-owned subsidiary Acacia Mining and the Tanzanian government heated up in the last days of July, with Acacia reporting that one of its senior…
Top 10 Canadian-based gold developers
Gold exploration and development is enjoying a boom again, and Canadian juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered gold companies that are…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canadian mines take backseat to world’s iron ore, copper giants
While our issue this week is filled with top-10 lists of Canadian mining and its burgeoning junior exploration and development sector, it’s always good to take a step back and…
LME and World Gold Council launch LMEprecious
The following is an edited amalgam of statements by the London Metal Exchange on the LME and World Gold Council’s launch of the LMEprecious trading platform on July 10 in…
Snapshot: Seven juniors hunting for battery minerals
The boom in electric vehicle manufacturing has translated into a lively subsector of junior explorers scouring the world for new deposits of lithium, cobalt, graphite and other minerals suited for…
Editorial: BC falls to NDP-Green coalition
British Columbia is famous in Canada for politics that are seemingly forever polarized between a freewheeling pro-business crowd and a coalition of left-leaning labour and environmental groups. And B.C. politics…
Commentary: Battery makers want more from specialty mineral miners
Metals and minerals for rechargeable batteries are in the spotlight as projections of rapidly increasing demand indicate future supply shortages. Over the next 10 years, demand for lithium and cobalt…
Africa Snapshot: Five juniors seeking gold, diamonds and REEs
While mid-tier gold and copper miners and developers in Africa have caught much of the attention of investors, there remains a vital contingent of small juniors that are active at…