One recent resource development story in B.C. shows how the ground rules for project developers are changing forever in the province after the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent-setting Tsilhqot’in decision in June and Imperial…
VANCOUVER — Cost optimization has been an underlying theme for gold miners over the past few years. Falling metal prices and frugal capital markets have made it hard to balance sustainable production growth and strong profit margins. In…
With iron ore prices off 49% year-on-year at US$71 per tonne, Alderon Iron Ore (TSX: ADV; NYSE-MKT: AXX) says it has no choice but to start a “comprehensive” cash preservation program.
VANCOUVER — It’s been a two-year run for producer Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; US-OTC: LUCRF) at its Karowe mine in Botswana, and the company isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. On Dec. 9 Lucara released its operating…
We bid a sad farewell this week to Dick Pearce, former owner of The Northern Miner, who died on Dec. 7 at age 93 (see his obituary as an attached pdf document, as it appears on Page 3 of our Dec. 15 issue). In this age…
While it won’t come close to covering the entire $747-million price tag to build the Brucejack gold mine in northwestern B.C., an $81-million strategic investment by China’s Zijin Mining in project owner Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG;…
After paying almost US$20 billion for Inco in 2006, Vale (NYSE: VALE) says it may sell part of its base metals division to unlock value.
African Barrick Gold — now called Acacia Mining (LSE: ACA) — has signed an earn-in agreement with Sarama Resources (TSXV: SWA) on its South Houndé project in Burkina Faso and approved an underground mining…
Free-digging saprolite and favourable metallurgy at African Gold Group’s (TSXV: AGG; US-OTC: AGGFF) Kobada open-pit gold project in Mali will help keep a lid on costs, according to an updated preliminary economic assessment, which…
Falling prices for crude oil weighed on energy stocks, but a surprisingly strong jobs report buoyed the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index, which posted their seventh weekly advance. November payrolls rose by 321,000 in the…
One of the hottest topics on the sidelines of the recent Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention in Winnipeg was the provincial lawsuit launched by two prospectors against the Manitoba government for allegedly failing in its “duty to consult”…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite struggled during the trading sessions, dropping 5.4%, or 39.88 points, en route to a 701.99-point weekly close. Energy markets were further hit by falling crude oil futures, which reached a five-year low….
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