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Top 10 US-based mining companies

Mining in the United States has been ongoing for centuries and has played a role in the country’s development over the years. The Northern Miner presents its annual Top-10 listing…



Extended lockdowns hit copper production

Peruvian copper mine Antamina, owned by BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) and Glencore (LSE: GLEN), has reported 210 positive cases of coronavirus and said the date to restart operations is…


Hochschild Mining withdraws dividend

Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has become the third major mining company to suspend its dividend due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peru-focused gold mining company’s announcement follows Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN)…



Copper production facilities at Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile. Source: Codelco

Copper price meltdown sinks mining stocks

The decline in the copper price accelerated on Wednesday, as pandemic fears grip global markets and mining companies announce a wave of production halts and project construction suspensions. Copper trading…


Barrick Gold’s Cortez gold mine in Nevada. Credit: Barrick Gold.

Barrick beats forecasts, hikes dividend

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and rewarded investors with a 40% dividend increase, thanks to strong gold prices. The world’s second-largest gold producer reported…




Drillers in 2016 at the Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Russia’s far east, 200 km from the border with China. Photo by The Northern Miner.

Malmyzh sale brings EMX Royalty US$65M windfall

Seven years ago, EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) identified privately held IG Copper and its Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Russia as a strategic investment opportunity, and poured US$13…



Processing equipment at Southern Copper’s Toquepala copper mine in southern Peru. Credit: Southern Copper.

Top 10 US-based mining companies

The Northern Miner presents its top-10 list of the largest U.S.-headquartered mining companies. 1. SOUTHERN COPPER Market cap: US$35 billion Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO), an 88%-owned subsidiary of the conglomerate…


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