Odds ‘n’ Sods: How not to drill a project
I was never really one for keeping a diary; I’m basically too lazy, and not nearly introspective enough. The only time I did keep one, it was by accident. In…
I was never really one for keeping a diary; I’m basically too lazy, and not nearly introspective enough. The only time I did keep one, it was by accident. In…
After a dozen years in the doldrums, uranium prices are on the rise, supported by real growing demand and support for nuclear power, as well as geopolitical concerns. While in…
Nickel price trends have become hard to predict. Ever since the London Metals Exchange (LME) crash, in March 2022, and the subsequent canceled trades, a number of banks pulled out…
Just brilliant! The mining industry is in urgent need of redemption but, at conferences in January, mining executives have aligned themselves with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and an…
There are several key elements to having a rational view of likely price movements in precious metals in 2023. The first is accurately understanding what has happened in these markets…
We present the winner of the 2022 Northern Miner Scholarship, part of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund. Entrants were asked to write an essay outlining the mining industry’s biggest…
For years, Brazil was overlooked as a favourable mining jurisdiction within South America. But what’s recently become apparent is that times are changing. The countries that were once deemed as…
Gifts have been exchanged in England during December since before the building of Stonehenge 5,000 years ago. Back then our Neolithic ancestors were celebrating the midwinter solstice (Dec. 21) with…
In Ontario, Anishnawbek peoples have been mining copper for more than 4,000 years. They practiced sustainable mining methods by limiting their disturbance to the land, mining what they needed to…
Society perceives mining as an industry aimed at pillaging the Earth for its resources with no regard for the environment and the people it impacts. However, most Earth scientists, especially…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shone a spotlight on energy security throughout Europe and the Americas. World leaders are finally paying attention to their reliance on Russia for energy and…
Boris Johnson’s government seems set to approve the first new underground coal mine in the U.K. for 36 years. Such an outcome (a decision is due by July 7) will…
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