Exclusive: Ivanhoe’s Congo copper is what everyone’s after, Cloete says
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) receives a constant stream of peers keen on learning its secrets of success in the Democratic Republic of Congo but it won’t sign a partnership deal…
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The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023
As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: Video – Robert Friedland warns we’re ‘on the…
Q&A: Why the world could be headed towards a ‘minerals famine’
A waiting ‘minerals famine’ and supply chain issues may endanger environmental and technological progress, warns Peter Bryant, chair at Clareo, a strategy consulting firm. A 30-year industry veteran, Bryant says the…
VIDEO: Where battery technology is going – and what it means for miners
Battery technology used in electric vehicles is quickly evolving, and the direction it goes will have implications for the mining sector. At the recent Precious Metals Summit Zurich + Energy…
Site visit: O3 Mining preps to be new node in Val-d’Or ‘circular economy’
Val-d’Or, Que. – Look towards the horizon from the viewing tower at Parc Belvédère in Val-d’Or, Que., and it’s just visible where a new kid on the block wants to…
CMS: McCluskey’s brush with death and longer mine-life
First the market ran over him, then a truck. This is how John McCluskey hit bottom and bounced back. It was 1999 and the dot.com bubble was already sucking the…
Idris Elba film a gold-infused global adventure through culture, history and industry
Actor Idris Elba takes audiences on a global journey about gold in a new documentary from the World Gold Council, Gold: A Story of Beauty, Power, and Transformation. Premiered on…
Site visit: Grid Metals reduces China risk for lithium project in Manitoba
Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has got a plan B to start producing battery metal in case Ottawa torpedoes its leading option with China’s Sinomine Resources. Toronto-based Grid is in…
CMS: How to fix ‘everyone needs us but no one likes us’
The industry must confront its dark past of disasters to attract new investors and offer project stakes to local towns to improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Those were…
Video: Mining innovation must redeploy tech like Lego
The industry needs to apply existing technology in new ways like using the blocks of a Lego kit to build several solutions, panellists at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium…
Video: How Quebec fosters symbiotic relationships with miners
Quebec expects to capitalize on the emerging North America-based critical mineral supply chain from mines to battery cells, The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium heard this month in London. “The…
Video: TMX panel discusses hard ESG issues
Mining companies face difficult decisions about environmental, social and governance issues to attract new investors, according to a panel sponsored by The TMX Group at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Symposium…