Entrepreneurial spirit of the Tahltan booms in BC
VANCOUVER — When British fur traders first came across the Tahltan First Nation in northwest B.C. almost two centuries ago, the aboriginal group already had its own trading economy, being…
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The Northern Miner podcast – episode 39: Matt & Mickey’s global commodity special ft. Mickey Fulp
Western Editor Matthew Keevil welcomes the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp, to the podcast as a guest co-host to go over some of the major events in world economics and politics….
Base metal and bulk commodity forecasts improve heading into 2017
VANCOUVER — It’s been a tough run the past few years for people involved with base metals and industrial commodities. Recessions among leading global economies combined with oversupply concerns to…
Could Aton’s Abu Marawat in Egypt surpass Sukari?
When former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser stood on the steps of the Alexandria Stock Exchange in July 1956 and declared he was going to nationalize the Suez Canal, a…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 38: Academic pilgrimages and Joe Mazumdar at the Metals Investor Forum
Matt returns following an academic sojourn for his Master’s residency with some insights on market activity and plans for The Northern Miner multimedia platforms heading into the new year. We…
Editorial: Silver’s Liberals bring ‘sunny ways’ to the Yukon
Voters in Canada’s Yukon Territory have embraced the “change narrative” that has come to broadly define the politics of the moment. Last year’s ousting of Stephen Harper’s long-standing Conservative government…
Kamoa-Kakula deal ‘pivotal,’ Friedland says
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) executive chairman Robert Friedland and CEO Lars-Eric Johansson held a conference call on Nov. 28 to share details on progress at the company’s three…
Wall Street rises, Nov. 21–25
U.S. equities ended holiday-shortened trading in positive territory. The S&P 500 Index rose 1.4% to 2,213.35, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.5% to 19,152.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index…
Editorial: Welcome back, copper
Metal price prognosticators came out almost as badly as the pollsters in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, with most metal analysts predicting a post-election rise in gold prices,…
Abitibi Snapshot: Five companies to watch
The renewed strength in gold prices this year has reinvigorated the historic mining camps throughout the Abitibi region of Ontario and Quebec. Here’s a look at what a few Canadian…
Lundin to sell Tenke stake to Chinese PE firm for US$1.1B
Six months after Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) agreed to sell its 56% stake in the Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to China Molybdenum, joint-venture…
TSX rises, Nov. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dove 34.07 points, or 4.5%, to a 727.91-point close in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Spot gold prices dropped US$77.42 to US$1,227.64 per…