Vietnam is poised to transform its electrical power generation mix over the next two decades, as it modernizes the country’s agrarian economy to become a more industrialized nation. To accommodate greater industrial expansion and support…
VANCOUVER — Vanguard executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Robert Friedland took to the stage at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in late July, and delivered a talk about why he believes copper…
VANCOUVER — There’s no sign of slowing down for junior explorer NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE) at its Arrow uranium deposit in the southwestern part of the Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan, as recent drilling has tripled the…
The downturn in the mining industry isn’t generating many good news stories these days, but one exception is the promise of untold riches from an undeveloped high-grade gold deposit in the Chilean Andes.
A mixture of indicators puzzled investors in U.S. equities, as positive economic data suggested the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September, while China’s devaluation seemed to lessen the odds that the U.S. central bank…
A year ago, South Africa’s Exxaro Resources (JSE: EXX; US-OTC: EXXAY) agreed to pay US$472 million to acquire 100% of Total’s (NYSE: TOT) South African thermal coal unit Total Coal South Africa Pty., which includes a majority…
The natural resources industry of Newfoundland and Labrador — beaten down as it is by the steep decline in iron ore and oil prices — has received a most welcome board-level confirmation from Vale that it will indeed pursue…
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSX-V: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) performance at its Lamaque gold project in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt, 3 km from the city of Val-d’Or, Quebec, has attracted international miner Eldorado Gold…
West Texas Intermediate crude finished at US$43.84 per barrel — marking the sixth weekly drop in oil prices — but a bounce in Canadian exports in June injected a sliver of optimism into the prevailing doom and gloom about the…
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) produced its first net profit during the quarter ended June 2015 at its Lost Creek in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium facility in Wyoming, after bringing the mine online in August 2013.
Wolseley Industrial Canada (WIC) has had a busy summer, announcing in July that it has acquired QIP Equipment and sold a business division to Emco.
Queensland, Australia-based contract miner Thiess has landed a A$137-million contract for work at Antofagasta’s Encuentro Oxides open-pit copper project under development in Chile.
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