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Opinion: 2025 – Halfway through the blockbuster decade

This has been some decade and we’re only halfway through! It began with a global pandemic; planes stopped flying, and governments locked […]

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

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Fate of Barrick’s $7B project in Pakistan to be decided next week

Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) will hear next week whether it can proceed with its $7 billion Reko Diq copper-gold project […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 30, 2022 | 6:57 am

Volvo pushes automation in Indonesia’s mining industry

After increased productivity with Volvo’s ActiveCare at the Indonesian gold miner Indo Muro Kencana’s (IMK) Kalimantan project, Hendro Sugito, aftermarket director at […]

Marilyn Scales | November 16, 2022 | 12:25 pm

Scientists understand how to better study iron, other minerals

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University investigated the status of iron ions in monoclinic pyroxenes, an endeavour that is key for the future […]

Staff Writer | November 8, 2022 | 6:06 am

Cameco signs uranium deal with China Nuclear

Cameco (TSX: CCO), based out of Saskatoon, has announced that it signed a uranium apply agreement with China Nuclear International Corporation, a […]

Marilyn Scales | November 7, 2022 | 12:23 pm

Battery metals deployment rises as EV sales continue to climb

During the first half of 2022, 117,200 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) were deployed onto roads globally in the batteries of […]

Staff Writer | November 6, 2022 | 7:49 am

Aluminum-based material can scrub CO2 from coal-fired power plants’ exhaust

An international team of researchers is proposing the idea of using aluminum formate – a metal-organic framework (MOF) – to remove carbon […]

Staff Writer | November 6, 2022 | 7:40 am

Next-gen electrolytes may give lithium metal batteries a boost

Researchers at the University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology have discovered a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal […]

Staff Writer | October 31, 2022 | 6:06 am

Studying unintended consequences of mercury mitigation strategies key to artisanal mining sustainability goals

A recent study published in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling, states that when dealing with the issue of mercury in artisanal […]

Staff Writer | October 25, 2022 | 6:02 am

Material degradation inside Li-ion batteries finally understood

A research team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology has succeeded in the real-time observation of the expansion and deterioration […]

Staff Writer | October 7, 2022 | 5:00 am

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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

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Fate of Barrick’s $7B project in Pakistan to be decided next week

Volvo pushes automation in Indonesia’s mining industry

Scientists understand how to better study iron, other minerals

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