The year 2013 is one that the mining industry will not soon forget, though most will not want to remember. Through the eyes of mining executives, the Mining Recruitment Group’s Executive Q2 2013 Survey shows that companies of all sizes…
VANCOUVER — A battle is brewing at Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) that pits the company’s current directors against a large dissident group that wants control not just of boardroom seats, but whether the company should even continue as a…
Mediterranean Resources (MNR-T) has received a takeover offer from an Australian exploration company that CEO Christopher Ecclestone says has requested confidentiality.
VANCOUVER — Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is walking away from its development-stage Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador, five years after spending just under $1 billion on Aurelian Resources to acquire the project, and two years after…
VANCOUVER — For mining companies pursuing growth, it is a good time to buy. Several years of depressed base metal prices combined with a recent downturn in the gold price means junior miners and explorers are generally cheap, which is the…
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based producer New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) has suffered similar market devaluation to its peers in recent months, with its shares dropping 40% or $4.44 since early January as gold prices have declined. However, the…
VANCOUVER — With junior equity valuations falling, it’s a good time for larger-cap companies to do a little bargain hunting. And that’s the case for producer New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X), which has launched a friendly $310-million…
Leading U.S. uranium producer Energy Fuels Resources (EFT-T) is eyeing Strathmore Minerals’ (STM-T) nearby uranium projects in a move to boost its resources and improve operations.
Canadians trying to make sense of what’s going on in the upper echelons of the newly merged Glencore Xstrata are getting a feel of what it must have been like to be an ancient Greek peasant looking up at his distant panoply of…
VANCOUVER – The merged Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN-L) was supposed to bear a board with directors from both predecessor companies, part of the attempt to portray the deal as a merger of equals instead of a takeover of Xstrata.
VANCOUVER — It was not always a smooth process and it took a year to gel, but Glencore International has completed its US$29-billion takeover of Xstrata, with the merged company trading as Glencore Xstrata (GLEN-L) and boasting a…
VANCOUVER — Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets so that they can optimize key operations, shore up earnings and cut back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
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