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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Continuing price volatility in critical minerals and rare earths, executive shakeups and legal feuds over land claims have some major advanced-stage projects […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 3, 2025 | 11:40 am

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, The Northern Miner looks ahead to…

Blair McBride | November 28, 2025 | 2:02 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

Fairchild expands Nevada portfolio with Golden Arrow acquisition

Fairchild Gold (TSXV: FAIR) announced on September 26, 2025, that…

Joseph Quesnel | September 29, 2025 | 4:13 pm

Uranium industry revival radiates from Southwest

Decades after the United States’ large-scale uranium mining industry mushroomed…

Blair McBride | September 12, 2025 | 5:00 pm

Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite

Nano-graphite was obtained from coal by using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2021 | 6:27 am

Centerra, Viscount to join forces at Cherry Creek project in Nevada

The Canadian companies entered into an exploration earn-in agreement.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 7, 2021 | 2:13 am

Taseko Mines to move ahead with Arizona copper project

Canada’s Taseko Mines. (TSX, LON: TKO) (NYSE American: TGB) said the Florence town council, in Arizona, US, has decided not to appeal the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2021 | 6:40 am

Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics

Strained diamonds may be prime candidates for advanced functional devices in microelectronics.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2021 | 9:21 pm

Ares to provide fluorspar for breakthrough technology

The Canadian miner will start producing fluorspar lumps from material that was previously unsuitable for their manufacture.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2020 | 5:02 pm

Cobalt may substitute platinum in fuel cells

A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2020 | 3:55 am

Diamonds may power electrical grid, EVs more efficiently

US-based researchers propose the idea of using diamonds as ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2020 | 12:50 am

Scientists propose new evolutionary system of mineral classification

US-based researchers say the current IMA classification system doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of Earth minerals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 26, 2020 | 11:33 pm

Midas completes Feasibility Study for Stibnite project in Idaho

The project, as envisioned in the FS, would become one of the largest and highest-grade open pit gold mines in the United States.

Bruno Venditti | December 22, 2020 | 5:35 pm

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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

Interactive: Global uranium demand

Fairchild expands Nevada portfolio with Golden Arrow acquisition

Uranium industry revival radiates from Southwest

Scientists use microwave oven to turn coal into graphite

Centerra, Viscount to join forces at Cherry Creek project in Nevada

Taseko Mines to move ahead with Arizona copper project

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