Editorial: Funds demand more tailings transparency
Less than a week after the Jan. 25 tailings dam collapse at Vale’s Feijao iron ore mine in Brazil that killed 251 people and left 19 missing, the Church of…
Articles by Trish Saywell
RNC bets Higginsville mill, mines worth cost of dilution
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) chairman and CEO Paul Huet is like the hockey coach who takes over mid-season because the team is underperforming. The Toronto-based company brought Huet…
Geologist Violet Smith pioneers family-run consultancy in Guyana
Violet Smith grew up in the Cuyuni–Mazaruni region of Guyana, eventually settling in Bartica, a small commercial centre about 80 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean. The town — at…
TSX Venture slips, Sept. 30-Oct. 4: Abitibi Royalties, Cobalt 27 Capital, Novo Resources, Titanium Corp.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.9% to 558.76 during the trading week. Shares of Abitibi Royalties rose 34¢ (2.4%) to $14.44. The company announced on Sept. 23 that it…
TSX loses ground, Sept. 30-Oct. 4: Detour, Torex, Continental, Nutrien
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.5% to close at 16,449.35. Spot gold finished the trading week at US$1,504 per oz., up US$8.10 per ounce (0.54%). The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index…
Implats offers $1B for North American Palladium
Eyeing its first major operations investment outside of Africa, platinum group metals (PGM) producer Impala Platinum Holdings has struck a friendly deal to buy Canadian pure-play palladium producer North American…
US markets down, Sept. 30-Oct. 4: Sibanye-Stillwater, NACCO Industries, Cleveland Cliffs
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% to 26,573.70 and the S&P 500 Index fell 0.34% to 2,952. Spot gold finished the trading week at US$1,504 per oz., up US$8.10…
North American Palladium acquires 51% of Sunday Lake
On the back of record quarterly revenues from its wholly owned Lac des Îles mine, 100 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., pure-play palladium producer North American Palladium (TSX: PDL;…
Rhodium punches above its weight with strong prices
Rhodium is an irreplaceable material for complying with carbon emission standards in gasoline-powered vehicles, which consume almost all of its annual production. But while global auto sales declined in late…
Waterberg study pegs 45-year mine life for Platinum Group Metals
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM) tabled its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Bushveld Complex outlining a boost in palladium, platinum,…
Silver and PGMs offer investors hope
Gold grabs most of the mining headlines, especially since its recent comeback, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium are also performing well in today’s market, giving miners…
Hochschild diversifies into rare earths with Chile acquisition
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has mined precious metal epithermal vein deposits in South America for nearly 50 years, and operates three underground mines: two in southern Peru, and one in…