Endeavour Silver’s cost cutting boosts balance sheet
VANCOUVER — Glancing at Endeavour Silver’s (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) production and earnings numbers for the second quarter, it doesn’t appear a lot has changed over the past year.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSX Venture finishes in the red, Aug. 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite dropped 1.57 points en route to a 995.90-point weekly close. Markets continue to monitor the Russia–Ukraine crisis even as the eurozone economies released underwhelming economic data. Commodity futures…
US stocks climb, Aug. 11-15
It was a good week for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 109 points to 16,662.91, while the broader S&P 500 Index jumped 23 points to 1,955.06. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index added 94 points to 4,464.93.
Editorial: Once more into the breach
It was another week of major developments in the fast-moving story of Imperial Metals and the massive, 15-million-tonne tailings and waste-water breach at its Mount Polley copper–gold mine in central B.C.’s Cariboo region.
Silver Wheaton CEO: we’re ‘busy pursuing acquisitions’
VANCOUVER — Since pioneering the stream financing model nearly a decade ago, Randy Smallwood and his team at Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) have turned it into a multi-billion dollar business. It’s been around two years since…
Peru approves EIA for Southern Copper’s Tia Maria
Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) will start building its US$1.4-billion Tia Maria copper mine in Peru before the end of 2014, after having secured approval of the project’s environmental-impact assessment in early August. Production is…
TSX Venture declines for a second week, Aug. 5-8
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite lost ground during the shortened trading sessions, dropping 3.16 points en route to a 997.47-point close. Investors seemed to favour safe-haven instruments like gold and government bonds. Statistics Canada…
Building roads to resources a priority, says NWT premier
Mining is the largest industrial sector in the Northwest Territories (NWT), and building transportation and other important infrastructure is the key to unlocking its potential, NWT Premier Bob McLeod said at a symposium in Toronto on Aug. 6.
Ana Paula will be profitable, Newstrike’s Whittall says
Newstrike Capital (TSXV: NES; US-OTC: NWSKF) president and CEO Richard Whittall is certain the upcoming preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the company’s 2.25 million oz. Ana Paula gold project will prove it’s a…
Timmins Gold doubles Q2 profits
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) has reported a second-quarter profit of US$3.2 million, or US2¢ per share, which is double the amount earned a year ago, but below the consensus estimate of US4¢ per share.
Commentary: Road to Ring of Fire is paved with legal briefs
Now that Cliffs Natural Resources has finally won a round in Ontario’s legal system, are they any closer to gaining access to their Ring of Fire chromite motherlode?
Problems at Ambatovy hurt Sherritt’s Q2 earnings
Sherritt International (TSX: S; US-OTC: SHERF) reported a $30.1-million net loss in the second quarter, largely due to its Ambatovy joint-venture nickel–cobalt project in Madagascar, where it reduced the project’s annual…