Dominion Diamond forges ahead
Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) may have missed the Street’s expectations due to some accounting rules, but the company showed it is steadily restoring the prominence of Canada’s first diamond mine: Ekati.
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Capstone ‘gets it right,’ analysts say
Mid-tier copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) impressed analysts after posting record production results for the first quarter of the year.
Kinross cuts Tasiast expansion costs
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has slashed the projected start-up costs of a mill expansion project at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania by 41% to US$1.6 billion, as shown in a new feasibility study, but intends to wait until 2015 before…
Copper production surplus expected for2014-15: ICSG
The following copper market forecast for 2014 and 2015 was released by the Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG). For more information on the ICSG, visit www.icsg.org.
Copper Mountain up 11% on record Q1 production
Vancouver-based Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CUM) saw its shares climb after revealing record first-quarter copper production at its 75%-held Copper Mountain mine near Princeton, B.C.
Denison’s drills hit new high-grade zone at Wheeler River
VANCOUVER — Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) Wheeler River property is already home to the high-grade and still-growing Phoenix deposit, which has 52.3 million indicated lb. uranium oxide (U3O8) at an average grade of 15.6%….
Turquoise Hill, Rio Tinto expect a delay in Oyu Tolgoi’s financing
Turquoise Hill Resources’ (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) CEO Kay Priestly says “good progress continues to be made” with the Mongolian government to resolve outstanding shareholder issues at the company’s 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, April 15 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Copper One picks up Troilus from First Quantum
VANCOUVER — Stan Bharti and his merchant banking team at Toronto-based Forbes & Manhattan appear to be on the lookout for past-producing copper assets. Roughly six months after grabbing a major share position in junior Kombat…
Perseus puts out fireat Edikan in Ghana
A fire has put operations on hold at Perseus Mining’s (TSX: PRU; US-OTC: PMNXF) Edikan processing gold plant in Ghana, but the company says things are under control.
Agnico Eagle joins Yamana in battle for Osisko
The fight for Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has heated up, with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) entering the ring with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) to launch a joint friendly takeover bid to beat Goldcorp’s…
Augusta’s Clausen on Hudbay bid, other suitors
Nine interested parties — including a number of “significant industry players” — have signed confidentiality agreements to review the Rosemont copper project in Arizona, Augusta Resource (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) says.