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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs, disputes over consultation and executive shakeups have some major projects facing uncertainty […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 4, 2025 | 1:02 pm

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Continuing price volatility in critical minerals and rare earths, executive…

Northern Miner Staff | December 3, 2025 | 11:40 am

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, The Northern Miner looks ahead to…

Blair McBride | November 28, 2025 | 2:02 pm

Freeport keeps Grasberg shut amid rescue operations

The company continues its efforts to rescue seven workers trapped…

Staff Writer | September 12, 2025 | 9:09 am

Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest

Copper mining in the four southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada,…

Blair McBride | September 10, 2025 | 11:59 am

JV Article: US Copper aims to develop Moonlight-Superior in California into a major new source of copper

Copper is pivotal to the global transition to a clean energy future. The red metal is an essential ingredient for the electric […]

Northern Miner Staff | June 27, 2022 | 6:00 am

EU strengthens position against deep-sea mining

Just a few days ahead of the 2nd UN Ocean Conference taking place in Lisbon from June 27th to July 1st, the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2022 | 11:37 am

Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal

Copper is essential for the global shift towards decarbonization. However, declining ore quality, mine closures, and the absence of additional investment in […]

Carl A. Williams | June 22, 2022 | 1:00 pm

Hudbay ends Flin Flon era with closure of 777 mine

Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has announced that mining activities at the 777 zinc-copper mine in Flin Flon, Man., have concluded after […]

Jackson Chen | June 22, 2022 | 11:12 am

Ootsa M+I resource in B.C. tops billion lb. copper for owner Surge Copper

B.C.-focused Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG; OTC: SRGXF) has provided an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its flagship Ootsa property, an advanced-stage […]

Jackson Chen | June 21, 2022 | 11:18 am

Martian moon could be crucial for asteroid mining

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have shown that mining the Main Belt of asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter […]

Staff Writer | June 21, 2022 | 5:10 am

JV Article: Golden Arrow Resources aims to advance its flagship San Pietro project in Chile

Canadian explorer Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) holds a portfolio of precious and base metal projects in Argentina and Chile. Golden Arrow […]

Northern Miner Staff | June 20, 2022 | 9:00 am

Peruvian government to extend tax refund benefit to mining, oil exploration

During his intervention at the 2022 PDAC conference in Toronto, the Peruvian minister of economy and finance, Óscar Graham, announced that his […]

Staff Writer | June 19, 2022 | 12:40 pm

New mapping method may lead to discovery of new geothermal energy, green metal resources

Researchers at the University of Twente developed a new method to analyze the earth’s continental crust, which lays the groundwork to predict […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2022 | 6:10 am

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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

Freeport keeps Grasberg shut amid rescue operations

Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest

JV Article: US Copper aims to develop Moonlight-Superior in California into a major new source of copper

EU strengthens position against deep-sea mining

Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal

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