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Infographic: Where is North America’s next rare earths mine?

Rare earths – essential components in electronics, defence applications and electric vehicle batteries – are hot geopolitical items as Western countries seek […]

Blair McBride | February 5, 2026 | 11:19 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Boom! without the bust: Britannia Mine Museum turns 50 – From company town to common ground, heritage site explores copper’s role

🎥 Watch the video: [English] [French] 🗞 Read the article in…

Northern Miner Staff | January 29, 2026 | 12:35 pm

TNM reveals latest bonus prize Treasure Hunt clue

The Northern Miner is excited to share that the latest bonus…

Northern Miner Staff | January 27, 2026 | 1:00 pm

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Eco-friendly chemicals improve metal recoveries from froth flotation

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed a new mechanism to process minerals in an environmentally friendlier way compared to current […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2021 | 7:25 am

China’s largest jewellery retailer backs mined diamonds

The Natural Diamond Council (NDC), which groups the world’s seven leading diamond producers, has inked a deal with China’s top jewellery retailer Chow Tai […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2021 | 9:07 am

BHP announces first production from South Flank

Even though the announcement was expected in a few days, BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) today reported the delivery of the first […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2021 | 6:59 pm

India’s covid crisis hits De Beers diamond sales

Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, saw sales fall for a third consecutive month as India, where the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2021 | 6:58 am

Metso Outotec to start recycling electronic waste

Metso Outotec announced the launching of its eScrap solutions portfolio for the smelting and refining of scrap derived from waste electrical and […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2021 | 6:06 am

Newmont buys Canada’s GT Gold for $325 million

Newmont (NYSE: NEM) (TSX: NGT), the world’s No. 1 gold miner, completed on Monday the acquisition of GT Gold, after it grabbed […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2021 | 7:01 am

Scientists find new way to calculate diamonds’ age more accurately

New research carried out at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University was able to identify the ages of individual fluid-bearing diamonds, […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2021 | 6:06 am

From digging to electric fields: new technique to extract metals from hard rock ore

An international group of scientists has developed a new mining technique that uses electric fields, instead of digging, to extract metals from […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2021 | 8:09 am

Largest ever Russian diamond fetches $14.1m at Christie’s

The largest diamond ever cut in Russia – a 100.94 carat stone called the Alrosa Spectacle – has sold for 12.84-million Swiss […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2021 | 1:00 pm

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Infographic: Where is North America’s next rare earths mine?

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Boom! without the bust: Britannia Mine Museum turns 50 – From company town to common ground, heritage site explores copper’s role

TNM reveals latest bonus prize Treasure Hunt clue

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Eco-friendly chemicals improve metal recoveries from froth flotation

China’s largest jewellery retailer backs mined diamonds

BHP announces first production from South Flank

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