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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

Record precious metal prices are driving global exploration for gold and silver. Here’s a list of four companies to keep an eye on. Another four companies under the global […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 9, 2026 | 9:30 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold…

Blair McBride | January 9, 2026 | 11:59 am

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Veolia’s innovative technologies are establishing a benchmark for water reuse…

Joseph Quesnel | July 29, 2025 | 6:23 pm

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

CERRO DE PASCO, PERU — Standing on a hilltop over…

Blair McBride | June 10, 2025 | 5:52 pm

Hydra Consortium wants heavy-duty mining equipment to run on renewable hydrogen

Mining3 and Engie are the driving forces behind the Hydra Consortium.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2021 | 6:11 am

Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joined project

Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2021 | 7:06 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

Portofino Resources confirms lithium-rich brines at Yergo project in Argentina

The Canadian company identified two large, anomalous sub-basins within the project’s Aparejos Salar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2021 | 6:11 am

Engie ready to build wind farm that will supply Anglo American’s Quellaveco project in Peru

Construction of the 260MW Punta Lomitas wind park is expected to begin in the second half of 2021.

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

Steinmetz loses latest battle against Vale over Simandou

Brazilian prosecutors have closed an investigation into Vale executives based on documents supplied by Steinmetz.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2021 | 6:24 am

Colombian authorities continue rescue efforts for 11 miners trapped inside flooded pit

Eleven people have been trapped since March 26 inside the pit of an unregulated gold operation in the central Caldas department.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2021 | 10:36 am

BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining

They are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 6:42 am

Eleven miners trapped inside flooded gold mine in Colombia

The emergency at an illegal gold mine in Caldas was reported on Friday, March 26, 2021.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2021 | 11:05 am

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Spotlight: Global precious metals exploration 1

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling

Veolia sets new standard for large-scale water reuse in Brazil

Site visit: Pasco aims to green the Andes by mining silver-zinc tailings

Hydra Consortium wants heavy-duty mining equipment to run on renewable hydrogen

Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joined project

Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards

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