BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) is halting its Western Australia nickel operations starting in October, as the world's largest miner struggles to navigate challenges posed by a substantial decline in nickel prices and a global oversupply.The mining giant, which had warned the market about this potential outcome earlier this year, said it will review its decision affecting both the Nickel West...Read More

It's no secret that the vast majority of the so-called elites are advocates of climate alarmism and are taken in by the Green New Scam.Whether this preference is based on ignorance of the science, ideological zeal, a willful desire to hurt American growth or simple greed because of their investments in Green New Scam infrastructure varies case by case.The typical upper-income supporter of the clim...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) could be back in the running to develop Europe's top lithium mine after a Serbian court ruled the government unlawfully revoked the miner's Jadar lithium project permits.The Serbian Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the government's 2022 decision was unconstitutional.Belgrade revoked licences for the Australian miner's US$2.4-billion project in w...Read More

Africa-focused Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU) has secured the final mining permit for its flagship Kon? project in C?te d'Ivoire, paving the way to start construction early next year.The US$712-million project is forecast to churn out a total of 3.6 million oz. gold over a 16-year life, according to an updated feasibility study from January.Along with the Kon? permit, which is valid for 20 years, Montag...Read More

Remote eastern Yukon The snow-peaked mountains and green valleys of eastern Yukon may seem like a place that would attract only wily old prospectors and extreme hikers. But on a gentle mountain slope, a camp full of young geologists armed with the latest exploration technology are searching for metals needed for the green energy transition. On the border with the Northwest Territories, Fireweed...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is actively working to expand its exploration activities in Mali to ensure the long-term sustainability of its Loulo-Gounkoto operation, CEO Mark Bristow said yesterday while visiting the operation.The gold giant has started discussions with Mali's National Directorate of Geology and Mines as it seeks to grow its footprint in the country. Since 2021, Mali has be...Read More

Atlantic Lithium (ASX: A11; US-OTC: ALLIF) has halted activity at its Ewoyaa project in Ghana after a fatal accident on Tuesday.According to the company, authorities have been notified and an investigation is underway to establish the circumstances that led to the incident.Ewoyaa will be Ghana's first lithium operation. The miner secured in October a 15-year permit for the project.Half of the lith...Read More

Shares of Gatos Silver (TSX: GATO; NYSE: GATO) soared to a three-year high on Wednesday after the precious-base metals miner announced record quarterly zinc production from its flagship Cerro Los Gatos (CLG) mine in Mexico.The stock traded as high as US$13.82 apiece in New York, and as of mid-afternoon was up 20.2% to US$13.41 a share, valuing the company at US$942.8 million."Our mine debottleneck...Read More

Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; US-OTC: AYASF) has poured first silver at its expanded Zgounder mine in Morocco, the Canadian miner announced Tuesday. The first pour was achieved on July 2 from the existing cyanidation plant.The pour "marks another significant milestone" in the Zgounder mine expansion as it transitions to full production by the fourth quarter of 2024, Aya CEO Benoit La Salle said in...Read More

Now's the perfect time for the red-hot semiconductors to take a nap.If this year's major chip winners - NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA), Super Micro Computer Inc. (SMCI) and Micron Technology Inc. (MU) - continue to chop sideways or retest key support levels in July, what will be your next big trade this summer?We've discussed several potential summer rotation trade ideas over the past several weeks ranging f...Read More

Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) has secured US$105 million in funding commitments to expand its flagship Bombor? gold mine in Burkina Faso, which achieved commercial production in late 2022.The funding comprises a US$58 million three-year loan from Coris Bank International, its current senior lender, and a US$47 million private placement with Nioko Resources, a strategic investor in the com...Read More

Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ: CRML) says it's finalized a deal with Saudi Arabia's Obeikan Group to build a large-scale lithium hydroxide processing plant in the kingdom. The two will form an equal joint venture to develop and operate the plant, which will convert lithium spodumene concentrate from Critical Metals' Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria. The deal, which was announced last month and...Read More

Latin America-focused Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA), which operates the largest underground zinc mine in Peru, Cerro Lindo, is in talks to sell its Pukaqaqa copper project in the Andean country.The miner said in a note to the local securities regulator (SMV) this week that it was involved in "ongoing negotiations linked to a possible sale of the Pukaqaqa mining project." Pukaqaqa, valued at nearly U...Read More

Today, we'll ponder the pursuit of honest money and wealth protection in a culture that, more and more, is built on a foundation of untruth, misdirection and outright lies.First, we need to consider lawfare. That's a combination of law and warfare. Instead of one side attacking the other with armies of soldiers, the assault comes via armies of lawyers. And instead of operational movements on a bat...Read More

There's been so much happening over the past 24 hours that it's hard to keep up. The Supreme Court has been releasing several key rulings that will have a major impact on American politics.Just this morning, they overturned the so-called Chevron deference that’s been in operation since the 1980s. Chevron handed the federal bureaucracy extensive authority to interpret statutes as it sees fit....Read More

Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco is considering acquiring a 10% stake in Teck Resources' (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) Quebrada Blanca copper mine, currently held by state mining firm Enami, in a deal valued at about US$500 million.The potential acquisition will make strategic sense for both companies, local paper La Tercera reported on Tuesday, as Codelco would get a hold of a new, ma...Read More

It's been a momentous past week for the Supreme Court. It's released several important decisions that will have a significant impact on American politics. This morning, the Supreme Court issued another major ruling.In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that presidents do have immunity for official acts that they performed in office. The court ruled that presidents don't have unlimited immunity they...Read More

This week's episode features Northern Miner production editor Blair McBride in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on recent developments at Victoria Gold's Eagle mine in Yukon. McBride recounts a series of unusual events, including a heap leach pad failure at the mine, which occurred while he was attending an investment conference in Dawson City. He details the company's and the Yukon governm...Read More

A Martian gazing down from his red perch Mr. Warren Buffett once razzed would marvel that Earthlings dig gold from the ground... merely to re-entomb it in vaults.That is, the business is senseless. It is pointless. It is juiceless.At first blush, our space man is justly puzzled. Why indeed would humans shovel up hunks of metal merely to lock them away, idle?Yet the Martian and the Nebraskan...Read More

Joke Biden didn't invent inflation. But he inadvertently attached his name to it, much like Jimmy Carter did in the 1970s.A few months ago, Greg Ip wrote the most condescendingly asinine article The Wall Street Journal ever had the misfortune to publish. In "What's Wrong With the Economy? It's You, Not the Data," Ip alleged The Great Unwashed(TM) were too stupid to realize how good everything was...Read More