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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

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the University of Melbourne have established a link between diamond occurrence and the mineral olivine. In a […]

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 6:06 am

Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies hunting for green technology metals

Green metals are critical to new decarbonization technologies including lithium-ion batteries, electric and hybrid vehicles, while rising demand for nuclear energy projects […]

Northern Miner Staff | January 16, 2024 | 6:43 am

The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023

As we start 2024, The Northern Miner takes a look back at the top 10 most-clicked stories on our website in 2023. No. 1: […]

Blair McBride | January 2, 2024 | 4:23 pm

Analysis: Gold set for further record prices in 2024 and 2025

Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past three years. They are expected to set further records in 2024 and […]

Jeffrey M. Christian | December 26, 2023 | 1:29 pm

Global gold snapshot: Eight companies exploring the world for the yellow metal

As gold prices reach historic highs of US$2,019 per oz., exploration companies are pursuing the yellow metal from up and down the […]

Norm Tollinsky | December 8, 2023 | 4:00 pm

Lithium insights: Mapping recent offtake deals

As electric vehicle uptake continues to rise, car companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forging new relationships with miners for supplies […]

Blair McBride | December 6, 2023 | 5:01 pm

Nearly one-third of tailings dams close to protected areas – study

Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, posing risks to some of the […]

Staff Writer | November 28, 2023 | 6:06 am

Fraser Institute ranks global mining with 9% of survey

An annual report that may affect billions of dollars in investment decisions has a weak process to rank countries, provinces and states […]

Colin McClelland | November 20, 2023 | 8:00 am

How to turn mine tailings into healthy soil

University of Queensland researchers have developed an innovative method to turn mine tailings into healthy soil. “We have basically taken engineering solutions into […]

Staff Writer | October 10, 2023 | 6:06 am

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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Interactive: Global uranium demand

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Energy metals snapshot: Eight companies hunting for green technology metals

The Northern Miner’s top 10 most clicked stories of 2023

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