After languishing since 2007, demand for zinc is set to rebound over the next year and particularly in 2011 as the steel industry improves, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecast in a Febr…
The world’s biggest aluminum and alumina producer has released its production results for 2009 and provided an outlook for what a stronger 2010.
The eighth trading week of the year ended with a bang, as central Chile was hit on Feb. 27 by an extra-powerful earthquake that registered 8.8 on the Richter scale.
The McGuinty government has been noticeably absent from northern Ontario since taking power in 2003. They managed two successive electoral majorities riding the groundswell of opposition to the Harris…
52-week Date Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 Feb. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1537.61 1531.19 1517.94 1519.41 1519.99 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11728.06 11629.63 11631.44 …
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Mining has been an integral part of British Columbia’s economy for more than 150 years. The industry was a strong performer again in 2009 with value of solid mineral production of about $5.7 billion from eight metal mines, nine coal mines and…
With the price of gold breaking the US$1,000-per-oz. mark, and the gradual upward trend of gold prices since April last year, the search for new gold targets in Yukon became an increasingly attractive activity during the 2009 exploration…
Ontario is a world-ranked producer of many minerals, with a rich mining history spanning more than a century. Over that time, total metal production in the province has exceeded $363 billion from, among other commodities, 10 million tonnes of…
The Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife, Serge Simard, unveiled the first mineral strategy for Quebec on June 29, 2009. This strategy is based on three major policy directions: creating wealth…
Like most sectors of the global economy, Manitoba’s mining industry was negatively affected by the economic downturn that gripped the world in the latter half of 2008 and in 2009. After experiencing u…
As of February 2010, diamond drills are being mobilized and dormant projects are being revived. This is markedly different from the start of 2009, when the global economic downturn battered exploratio…
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