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Sandvik partners with Barrick to improve drill safety
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Grant Thornton: M&A should double in value in 2014
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the mining sector should double in value this year compared to 2013, were deal volumes fell short of $90 billion, according to a new report by Grant Thornton.
Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr looks ahead to 2015
Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank in Toronto, will release her metal price forecasts for 2015 in her annual year-end report at the end of December. But she agreed to share some of her…
Wood Mac sees stronger prices for copper, nickel, zinc
Falling energy and metal prices are leaving many investors in the mining space anxious about what lies in store next year. Julian Kettle, head of metals and mining research at Wood Mackenzie in London, recently took time to speak to The…
TSX Venture loses ground, Nov. 24-28
After a two-week rally, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite index plunged 6%, or 47.26 points over the trading period, en route to a 741.87-point close. Losses were largely driven by a sell-off in energy stocks, as crude oil spot prices and…
Lundin hits commercial production at Eagle
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN; US-OTC: LUNMF) now has another commercial mine in its growing roster of operations.
NuLegacy explores Iceberg in Nevada
NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) may be onto something at its Iceberg gold deposit on the Red Hill project in Nevada’s famed Cortez gold trend.
U.S. stock indexes post thin gains, Nov. 24-28
The drop in oil prices in the wake of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to maintain production did not punish stock market indexes in the U.S. as much as some may have anticipated, with many companies…
Visible Gold follows the yellow brick road
Sometimes the cleverest path is to follow someone else’s road.
Fission’s McElroy discusses 2014 progress at PLS
VANCOUVER — Explorer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has been one of the few juniors that has kept a steady drilling rate over the past two years despite tough capital markets. The company’s Patterson Lake South (PLS)…
Trevali finds more mineralization at Stratmat
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has found a mineralized body outside of the 2009 resource at its Stratmat zinc-lead-silver-copper-gold project in New Brunswick.
Eastmain teams with Darnley Bay at Lac Lessard
Last year Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) surveyed its wholly owned Lac Lessard property in the James Bay region of northern Quebec using a combined airborne magnetic and electromagnetic VTEM system that identified 10 highly…