The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.28 points en route to a 520.65-point weekly close. Canadian markets are finding it hard to generate positive momentum amid a prolonged slump in commodity prices. Meanwhile, Statistics Canada…
Just a few months after Bacanora Minerals (TSXV: BCN) and Rare Earth Minerals (LSE: REM) signed a deal with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) to supply the carmaker with lithium hydroxide from their Sonora lithium project in Mexico, the companies…
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Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) recently made history by unearthing the world’s second-largest diamond from its flagship Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.
Dynacor Gold Mines (TSX: DNG; US-OTC: DNGDF) has discovered a 1.7 km long copper porphyry at its Tumipampa project in the Peruvian Andes that it says could be one of the feeder systems for the gold and copper it has found on the property, 500…
Geologists at Gold Standard Ventures (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) could be on the brink of another major discovery in the Carlin trend.
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) is now planning to suspend mining in mid-2016 at its only operating asset — the San Francisco heap-leach gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state — moving up the date from 2022 in response to…
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is working on a two-phase, alternative expansion plan at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania to turn the asset into a profitable operation.
The following is an edited summary of the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report for this year’s third quarter. For the full report, please visit www.gold.org.
Citing weak sales, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) dealer Finning International (TSX: FTT; US-OTC: FINGF) announced it would cut its global workforce by 1,100 people, or 8%.
The Finnish government has granted the construction permit for nuclear waste specialist Posiva to build the world’s first final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel.
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is idling three of its four U.S. aluminum smelters, taking out annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes of aluminum and 1.2 million tonnes of alumina to curb costs, amid low prices.
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