Teck cuts jobs, dividend
Diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) is slashing jobs and lowering its dividend to protect its liquidity amid the commodity price collapse.
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Cliffs shutters Northshore amid weak iron ore demand
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF), the largest U.S.-based iron ore producer, is temporarily closing its Northshore Mining operation in Minnesota by Dec. 1, to reduce its record-high iron ore inventory levels amid weaker iron ore demand in…
Bannerman believes in Etango despite uranium slump
VANCOUVER — Uranium prices have taken a beating over the past few years, but Australia-based Bannerman Resources (TSX: BAN; US-OTC: BNNLF) hasn’t lost faith in its wholly owned Etango open-pit asset, 38 km from the coastal town…
Lydian streamlines Amulsar plans to ease capital burden
Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) knows it has to adjust expectations at its wholly owned Amulsar gold project in south-central Armenia if it wants to secure development funding under current market conditions. To that end, the…
TSX Venture remains in the doldrums, Nov. 16-20
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…
Bacanora raises US$13.4M for Mexican lithium project
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 finds 1,111-carat diamond in Botswana
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) recently made history by unearthing the world’s second-largest diamond from its flagship Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.
Timmins Gold to close San Francisco mine next year
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…
TSX hit by low commodity prices, Nov. 6-12
Canada’s benchmark index posted a triple-digit loss on the back of lower crude and metal prices. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 3%, or 431.6 points to 13,127.18 — its lowest level in over six weeks. The S&P/TSX Capped…
Kinross, Waterton scoop up Nevada properties from Barrick
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) and private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management are the latest bargain hunters to find something they like at Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) year-long sale emporium. On Nov. 12 Barrick…
Aluminum cuts deepest for facilities in US
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.