VANCOUVER — Despite a 16% year-on-year jump in copper production Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) told a familiar story during an annual report on its 2012 fiscal year: falling average realized copper prices and rising…
Shares of Ivanplats (IVP-T) began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2012, but the company, founded by Singapore-based mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland, has been exploring in Africa since 1994. Today Ivanplats has discoveries…
VANCOUVER – There’s only five years of defined ore at Torlon Hill but a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the zinc-lead-silver project in Guatemala suggests owner Firestone Ventures (FV-F) could build a mine at the site that would…
Equities continued to be the destination for large capital flows south of the border as all three of the U.S.’s most watched indices were higher for the Feb. 25 to March 1 period.
Short positions outstanding at Feb. 28/13 (with changes from Jan. 31/13). TSX Short Positions …
Toronto’s main index rose during the trading week amid strong jobs data. The S&P/TSX Composite Index gained 224 points to 12,540.81, as Statistics Canada reported that nearly 40,000 job were added in December. Canada’s…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index curbed its decline despite tepid economic data from China, and concern over U.S. government spending cuts. The index dropped 11 points, or roughly 1%, en route to close at 1,133.36.
Equities were the destination for large capital flows south of the border, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 253 points to 14,253.77 points, the S&P 500 Index up 24 points to 1,539.79 and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 44 points to…
VANCOUVER — The mining sector has seen more than its fair share of writedowns of late.
First the good news: Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) says it has enough cash to finish building its recently acquired Mount Milligan copper-gold mine project near Prince George, B.C., and that the project remains on target for start-up in…
Three important bits of information came out of SilverCrest Mines’ (SVL-V, SVLC-X) latest drill results from its Santa Elena project in Mexico.
VANCOUVER — Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) started talking about a business combination in 2006, but couldn’t agree on the terms. However, they liked each other enough that they maintained contact, waiting…
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