TSX dips, April 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 135.41 points during the trading week to close at 14,257.69. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index jumped 12.55 points to 814.81. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index slipped 1.07 points…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: Still plenty of appetite for M&A
While private equity financing was the talk of the mining industry in the first quarter, heavy duty mergers and acquisitions are punching their way back to centre stage, as mining majors take advantage of depressed metals prices and share…
Correction
The story “NovaCopper boosts resources at Bornite” (T.N.M., March 31–April 6/14) incorrectly stated the inferred contained copper figures for both the in-pit and below-pit estimates at Bornite, which were stated in millions…
Site visit: Ginguro tests Pardo’s paleo-placer potential
SUDBURY, ONTARIO — The Sudbury region has served up more than its fair share of intriguing economic geology over the years, and now Sudbury-based junior Ginguro Exploration (TSXV: GEG) is adding another geological puzzle to the mix in the…
AuRico impresses with solid production numbers
AuRico Gold (TSX: AUG; NYSE: AUQ) couldn’t wait to show the market its production results.
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.
U.S. markets slump as gold rises, April 7-11
It was a weak showing for the U.S. markets, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 388 points to 16,026.75, the S&P 500 was down 48 points to 1,815.69 and the Nasdaq Composite was off 111 points to finish up at 3,999.73.
Source finds more gold at Las Minas in Mexico
VANCOUVER — A small drill program has returned a big result for Source Exploration (TSXV: SOP), in the form of a lengthy, well-mineralized intercept from its Las Minas gold–silver–copper project in east–central Mexico.
Eldorado’s Certej could be ‘platform’ into Eastern Europe
VANCOUVER — On April 7 producer Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) unveiled an updated prefeasibility study (PFS) on its 80%-owned Certej gold–silver project in the Apuseni Mountains in western Romania. And though Eldorado…
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.