PotashCorp’s Q4 earnings fall 46%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) has posted a 46% drop in its fourth-quarter 2013 earnings and a weaker-than-expected 2014 guidance, as tough market conditions linger for crop nutrients.
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Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, February 4 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…
Carpathian’s RDM mine remains closed, CEO resigns
Shares of Carpathian Gold (TSX: CPN; US-OTC: CPNFF) sank 22% to 7¢ apiece after the Toronto-based miner shuffled its management, including axing its CEO, weeks after it was forced to shutter its newly producing Riacho dos Machados…
Barrick sells another asset in Australia
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE:ABX) is peeling back its presence in Australia, as it prepares to take another hit on its balance sheet due to Pascua-Lama.
Mark O’Dea’s ‘science of discovery’ at Roundup
VANCOUVER — Over the past decade Mark O’Dea has become one of the strongest members of a new generation of explorers bent on making discoveries and running public mining companies the “right” way.
Guarded optimism for 2014 from PI Financial’s Jim Mustard
VANCOUVER — In the final talk of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s (AME BC) Roundup conference, PI Financial’s vice-president of mining investment banking Jim Mustard gave the audience reason to…
Toronto Stock Exchange, Jan. 27-31
The Canadian market fell slightly during the week after the latest move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut its stimulus program by another US$10 billion per month, given signs of improvement in the U.S. economy.
Cameco rises on uranium optimism
Saskatoon-based Cameco (TSX:CCO; NYSE:CCJ), like many uranium miners, is enjoying renewed predictions of higher uranium prices and growing demand.
U3O8 eyes JV with Chubut gov’t at Laguna Salada
VANCOUVER — There are a myriad of issues that can raise trip up mine developers in Argentina, but it looks like Toronto-based U3O8 Corp.’s (TSX: UWE; US-OTC: UWEFF) Laguna Salada uranium–vanadium project in Chubut province…
TSX Venture Exchange, Jan. 20-24
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions following a month-long run that saw it close near a three-year high last week. The Venture dropped 9.03 points during the trading period en route to a…
Forum Uranium hopes 2014 will be a breakout year
For a pint-sized explorer and developer with a market capitalization of $11 million and $4 million in cash, Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; TSX: FDCFF) has grand plans for its projects in Saskatchewan and Nunavut. But then the company also has some…
Premier Clark opens Roundup, extends flow-through tax credit
VANCOUVER — With thick fog blanketing Vancouver, B.C. Premier Christy Clark kicked off the city’s biggest mining conference of the year — Mineral Exploration Roundup 2014 — with a speech that included a commitment to…