Editorial: Global Mining Symposium underscores importance of ESG
More than 1,800 people from over 80 countries tuned in to The Northern Miner’s first Global Mining Symposium last week. The three-day virtual event built on the success of our…
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‘Better late than never’: Warren Buffett bets on gold
Warren Buffett has never been a big fan of gold. At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual general meeting in 2005, the billionaire investor said the precious metal “would be way down on…
Editorial: Gold and silver fire on all cylinders
The stars continue to align for precious metal prices, driven higher by unprecedented economic and political uncertainty and enormous monetary and stimulus programs. This week leaders of the European Union…
Editorial: Conflict and chaos in the Sahel
When I was interviewing Jon North, the founder and CEO of 79North (CNSX: TWLV), about his exploration projects in Suriname, a small country at the top of South America, he…
Editorial: This and That
Let’s face it, at times like these, editorial writers are spoiled for choice. How does one choose among the most pertinent topics of the day? The surge in new coronavirus…
Editorial: Speaking Out
When Trent Mell, the president and CEO of First Cobalt, contacted our newspaper last week and asked what our thoughts were on tackling the George Floyd protests as they relate…
Editorial: One Country, One System
When my colleagues and I at the Far Eastern Economic Review and other news organizations covered Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, many of us were…
Editorial: EIA forecasts more electricity from renewables than coal in 2020
In April, Longview Power filed for bankruptcy. The company’s main asset is its 700 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, which produces enough electricity to continuously power more…
Editorial: Keeping up with gold price forecasts
As if there weren’t enough upheaval in the markets. Now Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) — one of the world’s biggest lenders to the physical precious metals industry —…
Editorial: The good, the bad and the absurd
First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet cheers from investors and lifted…
Editorial: Sinking in a sea of red
The economic fallout from COVID-19 is mounting sharply. Last week, unemployment claims in the United States hit a record 6.6 million, up from 3.3 million the previous week, and the…
Editorial: Asia shows the way
When I landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on March 20 aboard an Air Canada ‘repatriation’ flight from Mexico, none of us were checked to see if we had a…