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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

Alphamin achieves record quarterly tin production

The company produced a record 2,898 tonnes of tin during Q4 2020, 13% more than the previous quarter.

Jackson Chen | January 11, 2021 | 4:52 pm

Wallbridge to drill 170,000 metres at Fenelon in 2021

The board of Wallbridge Mining has approved a 2021 exploration plan that includes 170,000 metres of drilling and 4,800 metres of underground […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 11, 2021 | 4:50 pm

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed Petra Diamonds’ mine engineers to visualize the condition of orepasses for […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 11, 2021 | 4:49 pm

Canadian company’s exploration rights in Peru hanging by a thread

After granting exploration mineral rights to a subsidiary of Tesoro Minerals, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines is revisiting its decision.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2021 | 6:36 pm

Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite

Nano-graphite was obtained from coal by using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2021 | 6:27 am

Beny Steinmetz’s bribery trial to begin on Monday

The owner of BSG Resources is accused of paying the wife of Guinea’s deceased former president to secure the concession rights to the Simandou iron ore project.

Bruno Venditti | January 8, 2021 | 7:29 pm