Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going…
Editorial
Editorial: Potash sector has ‘attractive fundamentals’
In our July 5-18 issue we bring you our popular rankings by market capitalization of the top ten Canadian-headquartered companies across five sectors. The lists are always a compelling read…
Risk is a moving target
With more than 99.6% of the votes counted in Peru’s presidential election, it looks like left-wing Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party has defeated his right-wing opponent, Keiko Fujimori,…
Balancing risk and reward in South America
The Northern Miner’s second-quarter Global Mining Symposium in mid-May was a great success, with 1,432 delegates tuning in from 86 countries. In this issue we cover the conference’s keynote speakers,…
Supercycle or bull market?
Soaring prices this month for copper and iron ore are leading some people to think that we are on the verge of a new supercycle. But as our new reporter…
Is uranium coming back in vogue?
Last week, Anthony Milewski, a director of International Consolidated Uranium, made the case to our readers that uranium sentiment is finally improving and the nuclear fuel is now having its…
Friedland: “It’s copper, copper, copper, copper, copper, copper …”
I’ve covered the mining industry for more than a decade and during that time have had many opportunities to listen to presentations and speeches by Ivanhoe Mines’ founder Robert Friedland….
Battery and ‘green’ metals brighten outlook for mining sector
The transition to electric vehicles could take a decade or two but demand for the key metals in batteries and energy storage systems will only continue to grow as the…
Where is gold headed from here?
After a two-day policy meeting last week, the U.S. Federal Reserve said it will maintain its accommodative monetary policy (read easy money) and will keep its overnight interest rates near…
Is copper the new gold?
One of the key themes that emerged from the 30th BMO Global Metals & Mining conference last week was the desire among many gold and base metal companies to increase…
Endeavour Mining CEO Sebastien de Montessus is our Mining Person of the Year for 2020
Completing two major acquisitions in one calendar year is a significant achievement by any measure but to do so in the midst of a pandemic makes it even more remarkable…
Developing a market for scandium oxide
If you blinked you might have missed the news last week but it was extraordinary: Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) and the Quebec government announced they are building a…