In January 2013 Rob McEwen’s McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) opened its 100%-owned El Gallo 1 open-pit heap-leach mine in Mexico for $13 million. This year the mine is expected to produce 40,000 oz. gold at an average cash cost of…
The Canadian government presented another gift to Canada’s mining industry with the signing of a new free-trade agreement with mineral-hungry South Korea.
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) held its annual awards gala during the PDAC 2014 convention in Toronto earlier this month. Six exemplars of excellence in the industry were recognized. The award recipients are…
Chairman and CEO Patrick Buffet of French nickel and manganese producer Eramet is calling Indonesia’s recent ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ores “a positive step towards restoring market balance,” after the…
Given some of the enormous gold sales on Comex last year, I was curious what it would take to mine that much ore.
“If you think it’s all about money, if you think it’s all about gold, you’re right,” Ned Goodman, president and CEO at Dundee Corp. (TSX: DC.A), declared at a luncheon during the Prospectors & Developers…
The firm denial by the federal government on environmental grounds of Taseko Mines’ proposed New Prosperity open-pit gold–copper mine near Williams Lake, B.C., wasn’t a surprise to many in the market, as evidenced by most…
There’s been a lot of talk about the new currency on the block: the bitcoin.
It used to be that retail investors attending investment shows like the recent Vancouver Resource Investment Conference would go out and actually buy the stocks their favourite speakers touted, says John Kaiser, the editor of Kaiser Research…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, February 25 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist at Scotiabank, believes zinc “will be the next big base-metal play for investors.” She forecasts prices will average US94¢ per lb. in 2014 —…
Like many metal-market observers, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online sees opportunity in zinc.
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