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The mining industry's
publication of record since 1912.
For more than 110 years, executives, investors, engineers and policymakers have turned to Skillings Mining Review to understand what is happening in global mining, and why it matters. It began on the iron ore docks of Duluth.
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1912
first issue, Duluth, Minnesota
Where it began
In 1912 Duluth sat at the centre of one of North America's most productive resource corridors. Iron ore moved through its docks in quantities that fed an industrial age. Skillings' Mining and Market Letter was born there: a weekly that gave the people running the mines, mills and shipping routes the market intelligence they needed to decide well.
It covered ore prices, shipping, labour and the finances of the region's largest producers with a clarity and directness that became the publication's hallmark. Under David N. Skillings Jr. it set the standards it still keeps: specifics over generalities, primary sources over second-hand accounts, industry access over detached commentary.
- 1912Skillings' Mining and Market LetterA weekly in Duluth covering iron ore, shipping and the Upper Midwest.
- 1916Skillings' Mining ReviewA full trade review of the whole mining industry.
- 1993Skillings Mining ReviewThe apostrophe goes; eight decades of identity stay.
- Todayskillings.netDaily news, The Assay, newsletters, video and the monthly magazine, read on every continent.
What we cover
In 1912 it was iron ore and coal. Today it is the whole periodic table, and the geopolitics, finance and technology that decide who controls it. The subjects have grown; the discipline has not changed.
Critical minerals
Lithium, cobalt, rare earths, copper and nickel: the metals at the centre of the energy transition and of strategic competition between nations.
Finance and capital markets
Equity raises, streaming and royalty deals, mergers and the capital that decides which projects get built.
Policy and geopolitics
Permitting, export controls, friend-shoring and the rules in the jurisdictions that matter.
Exploration and discovery
Greenfield finds, drill results, resource estimates and the geology attracting the next wave of money.
Technology and operations
Autonomous haulage, predictive maintenance, remote operations and the digital mine.
ESG and responsible mining
Communities, Indigenous partnerships, water, emissions and the social licence to operate.
Who reads Skillings
Not the general reader. Skillings is written for people for whom mining is the central fact of their working lives, and who expect primary reporting and analysis that respects what they already know.
- Executives and boards of major, mid-tier and junior miners
- Investors, analysts, bankers and M&A advisers
- Geologists, engineers and technical specialists
- Equipment and technology suppliers
- Ministers, policy advisers, lawyers and consultants
Our promise
We are not a neutral aggregator. We are an editor's publication, with a point of view, a standard for sourcing, and more than 110 years of institutional knowledge behind every story.
That means going past the press release to the data, past the company statement to the context, and past the news cycle to the trends that will still matter in five years.
The National Mining Hall of Fame
Since 1987 the Hall of Fame in Leadville, Colorado has honoured the people who discovered, developed and processed America's resources. Its mission, to show how mining underpins everyday life, is the one Skillings has carried since 1912.
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