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Freeport keeps Grasberg shut amid rescue operations

The company continues its efforts to rescue seven workers trapped underground earlier this week.

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

Opinion: 2025 – Halfway through the blockbuster decade

This has been some decade and we’re only halfway through! …

James Cooper | July 29, 2025 | 10:26 am

TMC shares surge on high-grade alloy production

The company produced high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy and manganese silicate at…

Staff Writer | February 19, 2025 | 9:10 am

Cameco resumes uranium production at Inkai JV in Kazakhstan

Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Inkai joint venture project in…

Staff Writer | January 27, 2025 | 12:45 am

Covering mining’s projects, people, and sticky challenges

This will be my last editorial for The Northern Miner…

Alisha Hiyate | November 27, 2024 | 1:40 pm

Blockchain platform for sustainability compliance in extractive industries revitalized

Everledger says its platform is now being used by diamond retailers to evidence their sustainability credentials and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 22, 2021 | 6:06 am

Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill strike funding deal for Oyu Tolgoi

The binding agreement ends a long-dragged standoff between the companies over funding for an expansion of the copper-gold mine in Mongolia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2021 | 5:00 am

Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has updated its tailings standards and it now meets or exceeds most global guidelines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2021 | 9:24 am

ABB, Hitachi to develop GHG-reducing solutions for the mining industry

The companies plan to apply ABB’s electrification, automation and digital solutions to mining trucks and excavators provided by Hitachi.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 6:08 am

Kaz Minerals bidders up takeover bid to $5.5 billion

A consortium led by Kaz's chairman Oleg Novachuk has raised its offer for the miner by 9%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 26, 2021 | 3:50 am

TES opens massive battery recycling facility in Singapore

TES’s multi-million-dollar facility has the capacity to recycle up to 14 tonnes or the equivalent of 280,000 lithium-ion smartphone batteries a day.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2021 | 6:09 am

Mitsui Mining exits copper with Collahuasi stake sale

Deal leaves the buyer, trading house Mitsui & Co, with a 12% interest in the open-pit copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2021 | 3:56 am

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Former Xstrata boss Mick Davis’ newly founded battery metals investment firm Vision Blue Resources (VBR) is stepping up efforts to reach the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 15, 2021 | 8:23 am

Gradual recovery of the aerospace sector to aid titanium market – report

Roskill predicts a medium-term recovery of the titanium market aided by fleet renewal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 9, 2021 | 6:07 am

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Freeport keeps Grasberg shut amid rescue operations

Opinion: 2025 – Halfway through the blockbuster decade

TMC shares surge on high-grade alloy production

Cameco resumes uranium production at Inkai JV in Kazakhstan

Covering mining’s projects, people, and sticky challenges

Blockchain platform for sustainability compliance in extractive industries revitalized

Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill strike funding deal for Oyu Tolgoi

Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards

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