VANCOUVER — It’s now a “survival of the fittest” story for copper miners, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Peter Bures, and commodity markets might not offer much relief for at least two years. Over the past 12…
VANCOUVER — Nearly six years ago Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) consolidated a promising claim block 180 km southwest of Mexico City — called Morelos Norte — via a US$150-million deal with Teck…
The opening week of 2016 marked the worst first week in history for Wall Street stocks, as oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than a decade and concerns about slowing growth in China spooked global markets. Manufacturing data in…
Canada’s benchmark index posted a triple-digit loss in the new year. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 4.3%, or 564.5 points to 12,445.45, despite a positive jobs report. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index…
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/15 (with changes from Dec….
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index both failed to register annual gains, while posting small gains during the trading period. The Dow added 7.7 points to end at 17,425.03, down 2.2% for the year. This is its first annual…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished the year with a late rally owing to rising energy and base metal futures, as it gained 4.7%, or 23.62 points, en route to a 525.66-point close.
Sliding commodity prices and worries about slowing global growth sent the resource-heavy Toronto stock market down 11% to end 2015 at 13,000.95 — its worst performance since the financial crisis of 2008. Spot gold finished 2015 at…
Those returning to work on Jan. 4 with a bit of optimism for the mining industry after a brutal 2015 were hit with a sick feeling in the stomach as global markets dove on the first day of trading in the new year, in defiance of the usual…
The U.S. Commerce Department reported gross domestic product grew at a 2% annual pace in the third quarter, while U.S. home resales for the month of November posted their steepest decline in five years. Prices for Brent crude for February…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy 12 months for Almaden Minerals (TSX: AMM; NYSE-MKT: AAU), and it wrapped up the year with an option agreement for mill infrastructure that will drop development capital requirements at its Ixtaca…
VANCOUVER — Explorer Otis Gold (TSXV: OOO; US-OTC: OGLDF) hasn’t let tepid market conditions impact its vision for an open-pit, heap-leach gold mine at its Kilgore project roughly 50 km due northeast of the town of Dubois, Idaho. The…
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