Peter Marrone, who led Yamana Gold in Canada from a small producer two decades ago to a US$4.8 billion sale this year, is seeking faster returns in conflict-plagued Mali and…
Simon Thomas, head of BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan with a stage-one cost of US$5.7 billion, has returned to agriculture after top positions…
As enthusiasm for zero-emission technologies accelerates into the mainstream, Canada has lost one of its earliest and most ardent champions of critical minerals.Donald Stephen Bubar, founder and longtime president of…
Mega-miner BHP takes a longer view than most. The Melbourne-based company, with copper, iron ore, coal and nickel mines in Australia and South America, looks at broad global trends that…
About a decade ago, private equity (PE) funds began to take an interest in the mining sector. At the time, financing was hard to come by, and the growth of…
The Northern Miner’s Editor-in-Chief Alisha Hiyate interviews Jim Cooney, a 2023 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee during the recent Global Mining Symposium in Toronto. Cooney reminisces about how he…
Applications for the 2023 Young Mining Professionals (YMP) Scholarship Fund are now open for students in mining-related programs at Canadian post-secondary institutions. A total of 45 scholarships ranging in value…
The Howe Street investment community is grieving the loss of industry veteran Stuart ‘Tookie’ Angus. Angus, who leaves a deep mark after a 50-year career in the industry, peacefully passed…
Alex Christopher was appointed president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in March 2021 for a two-year term. The geologist and senior vice-president, projects & technical services with…
Multinational Wyloo Metals has reiterated its commitment to establishing an Ontario-centric integrated critical minerals supply chain, CEO Luca Giacovazzi told The Northern Miner’s recent Global Mining Symposium. The privately-held Australian…
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals’ (YMP) Eira Thomas and Peter Munk Awards for 2023 are Kelly Earle of Vancouver and Vincent Metcalfe of Montreal. The YMP awards recognize…
Anglo American Platinum (JSE: AMS) announced on Wednesday that its first female chief executive officer, Natascha Viljoen, is leaving the miner after three years to join Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT;…
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