The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed in the green for a second straight week to start the year, as it jumped 2.3% — or 21.83 points during trading — en route to a 966.55-point close. Commodity futures were relatively…
Analysts in the Toronto, Vancouver and London offices of Macquarie Equities Research are forecasting more consolidation in the mining industry this year, especially amongst producers, and calculate that the average premium paid in 15 mergers…
Carpathian Gold (TSX: CPN; US-OTC: CPNFF) has temporarily halted production at its new Riacho dos Machados (RDM) gold mine in Brazil, a day after pouring its first doré gold bar.
VANCOUVER — Prominent Canadian gold miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has proven to be more resilient in the face of falling precious metal prices than many of its peers. And if the company’s production guidance for 2014 is any…
The first trading week of 2014 saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average slide 0.02% to 16,437.05, the S&P 500 inch up 0.60% to 1,842.37 and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rise 0.49% to 87.05. Weaker-than-expected jobs data dampened…
Challenging macroeconomic conditions are likely to drive gold prices lower in 2014, commodity specialists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse say, and both banks agree the precious metal could test the US$1,000 per oz. level…
GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD; TSXV: GGD) has upped the ante for Animas Resources (TSXV: ANI) by intending to make a friendly bid to buy the Vancouver-based firm, and not just its Santa Gertrudis gold project in Mexico,…
Canada’s benchmark index gained during the week, as prices of gold and other commodities rose following poor North American jobs data.
VANCOUVER — Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; TSXV: LUC; US-OTC: LUCRF) has made headlines over the past year with the size and quality of stones it has unearthed at its Karowe mine in Botswana’s Orapa–Letlhakane kimberlite…
Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE-MKT: GSS) has stayed within its guidance, but the market still took a harsh view of fourth-quarter production results.
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; US-OTC: OGDCF; ASX: OGC) has reduced the mine life for its Macraes gold mine in New Zealand, but expects a strong production year at its new Didipio copper–gold mine in the Philippines, leaving many investors…
Rio Alto Mining (TSX: RIO; TSXV: RIO; NYSE: RIOM) is inching closer to producing copper from its La Arena project in northern Peru, with a recent environmental approval for an 18,000-tonne-per-day, open-pit sulphide operation.
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