Chris Taylor is our Mining Person of the Year for 2021
Great Bear Resources president and CEO Chris Taylor was the stand-out choice for The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year award for 2021. The 44-year-old structural and economic geologist…
Editorial
Understanding Africa’s coup epidemic
In the last eighteen months there have been six coups in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa — Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan. To get a grasp of what’s…
An inflection point for uranium and the nuclear industry?
In our next issue we shine the spotlight on uranium and the outlook for the nuclear fuel industry. As it happens our timing is spot on because Cameco president and…
From EV pickups to sedans, miners can bank on bright future
On January 5, General Motors CEO Mary Barra unveiled the Chevrolet Silverado electric pick-up truck at CES 2022, one of the most influential technology conferences in the world. The full-size…
The voice of a new generation in Chile
When Chile’s left-wing president-elect Gabriel Boric (pronounced Bo-rich) takes office on March 11, the 35-year-old will be the youngest president in the country’s history and as the editorial board of…
The Northern Miner’s most clicked stories of 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, we take a look at the top ten most-clicked stories on our website from Jan. 1 to Dec. 10. The stories demonstrate a keen…
Inflation anxiety — what’s in store
The Q4 edition of The Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium on November 17 and 18 was another resounding success. The conference featured a top notch roster of guests from the…
Australia’s crush on Canada
Newcrest Mining, Australia’s largest gold producer, will soon become the biggest gold producer in the Canadian province of British Columbia once its $3.5 billion (US$2.8 billion) acquisition of Pretium Resources…
Neal “the deal” Froneman is having a helluva year
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of palladium and a top-tier gold…
Appetite for ‘green energy metals’ drives deals
Demand for ‘green energy’ metals like copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients….
Building a ‘Canadian mining Champion’
Whatever one thinks of the logic behind the ‘merger of equals’ announced this week between Agnico Eagle Mines and Kirkland Lake Gold, one thing is abundantly clear: The business combination…
What’s really driving aluminium prices
The West African nation of Guinea is often referred to as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of bauxite since it produces about 23% of the world’s supply of the commodity—second only to…