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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

Interactive: Global uranium demand

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Anthony Vaccaro, with files from Ali Ravaghi | Creative design: James Alafriz | November 14, 2025 | 9:00 am

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to fuel the gold price…

Blair McBride | June 6, 2025 | 2:56 pm

Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold

According to the U.S. government’s financial statements, the country owns…

James Cooper | June 6, 2025 | 12:06 pm

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries…

Blair McBride | June 3, 2025 | 1:38 pm

Australia to review JORC Code

The Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee Code regulates the integrity of public reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 15, 2020 | 6:15 am

Nordgold raises offer for Cardinal

Company has increased its offer price from A$1.00 to A$1.05 a share, matching an offer from Shandong Gold Mining.

Bruno Venditti | December 11, 2020 | 6:34 pm

Seequent unveils major updates to mining toolkit

Seequent, a geoscience software company, has announced major updates to its mining portfolio, which are focused on improving the productivity of users, […]

Alisha Hiyate | December 10, 2020 | 6:33 pm

Newmont’s five-year outlook sees steady production growth, improving costs

Gold major Newmont has released a five-year production and costs outlook, which suggests production growth and lower costs through 2025. This most […]

Alisha Hiyate | December 9, 2020 | 6:06 pm

New South Wales greenlights Russell Vale mine expansion project

Wollongong Coal wants to extract up to 3.7-million tonnes of coal over five years at its Russell Vale Colliery mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2020 | 6:15 am

Research getting closer to making nuclear fusion power a reality

A study conducted in Australia but funded by the US Air Force explores brings research one step closer to harnessing fusion power as a future energy source.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 2, 2020 | 2:40 am