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Treasure Hunt: Bathurst – The camp that powered the modern world

After the launch of The Great Canadian Treasure Hunt, explorers from coast to coast have been digging into Canada’s mining past – […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 26, 2026 | 9:26 am

Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of…

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

Are oceans the next frontier for uranium?

The hunger for uranium won’t abate anytime soon as the…

David Silverberg | March 9, 2026 | 9:05 am

Interactive infographic: 25 years of global mining M&A

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Blair McBride | March 6, 2026 | 10:22 am

How Canada’s biggest iron project is almost unknown

In the remote wilderness of northern Quebec sits the largest…

Blair McBride | March 6, 2026 | 8:35 am

Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology

The Canadian miner will start producing fluorspar lumps from material that was previously unsuitable for their manufacture.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2020 | 5:02 pm

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2020 | 3:55 am

Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador

A group of anti-mining activists attacked a worker that leads community relations for Curimining, the Ecuadorian company in charge of developing the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 28, 2020 | 6:36 pm

Metso Outotec sells aluminum business

The Finnish company reached a deal with France’s REEL International.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 28, 2020 | 4:33 pm

Worker at Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s north tests positive for covid-19

Dominion Diamond Mines said contact tracing has been performed and no one else is at risk.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2020 | 8:50 pm

Spanish cities opposed to exploration in Emerita Resources’ project area

Paymogo and Puebla de Guzmán said that exploration is forbidden in La Romanera, part of the company’s Iberian Belt West polymetallic project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2020 | 7:15 pm

Diamonds may power electrical grid, EVs more efficiently

US-based researchers propose the idea of using diamonds as ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2020 | 12:50 am

Scientists propose new evolutionary system of mineral classification

US-based researchers say the current IMA classification system doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of Earth minerals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 26, 2020 | 11:33 pm

Dixie Gold stock up on discovery of gold-in-soil anomalies

The anomalies appear to form a trend that runs parallel to the gold-bearing LP fault trend being explored by Great Bear Resources.

Jackson Chen | December 24, 2020 | 5:20 pm

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Treasure Hunt: Bathurst – The camp that powered the modern world

Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Are oceans the next frontier for uranium?

Interactive infographic: 25 years of global mining M&A

How Canada’s biggest iron project is almost unknown

Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

Anti-mining activists attack Curimining worker in Ecuador

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