Iron Ore


For Oceanic, it’s steady as she goes

Oceanic Iron Ore (TSXV: FEO; US-OTC: FEOVF) may be a junior trying to develop a costly iron ore project in remote northern Quebec during hard financial times, but over the last year management has come closer to tying up a deal with a potential…


The camp at Avannaa Resources' Washington Land lead-zinc project in northern Greenland. Source: Avannaa Resources

Greenland’s timeless allure

Avannaa Resources is a privately held exploration company founded by three geologists from Britain and Denmark who pooled their interest and experience in Greenland. It may be an unfamiliar name to many, but over the last nine months, the…


Core testing at Royal Nickel's Dumont project in Quebec. Source: Royal Nickel

Royal Nickel’s Dumont reaches feasibility

Royal Nickel (RNX-T) has something to cheer about with a positive feasibility study tabled on its large-scale Dumont nickel-sulphide project in Quebec’s Abitibi region, 25 km west of the city of Amos and 60 km northeast from the…




New Millennium keeps growing

With another 7.6 billion tonnes of iron ore resource coming from its Howells River North and Howells Lake properties in Labrador, New Millennium Iron (NML-T) counts itself as one of the world’s largest iron ore resource holders.


Capstone Mining's   Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile. Source: Capstone Mining

Santo Domingo feasibility expected in less than a year

When Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile eventually enters commercial production in 2017 or 2018 — at an estimated capital cost of between US$1.5 billion and US$1.8 billion — the…


Lac Lamle off to a good start

Fancamp Exploration’s (FNC-V) first resource estimate on its Lac Lamêlée South iron project in the Fermont mining district of Quebec has outlined 520 million tonnes grading 39.5% iron at a 22% iron cut-off grade—about…


Hanlong reneges on Sundance deal

VANCOUVER — Mining companies and resource investors are going to have a tough time believing Hanlong Group if it tables another takeover offer. Twice the huge Chinese energy and resource company has offered to take over junior miners, but…


The surface of Labrador Iron Mines' Redmond iron ore deposit in the Labrador Trough. Source: Labrador Iron Mines

Iron ore outlooks turn gloomy

VANCOUVER — Goldman Sachs has cut its iron ore price forecasts and downgraded its Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) recommendation from “neutral” to “sell.” The reason? More than 90% of the company’s 2012 earnings…


Century Iron Mines and Augyva Mining Resources' Duncan Lake iron ore project in Quebec's James Bay region. Source: Augyva Mining Resources

Century Iron Mines lays out two mine plans

VANCOUVER — Century Iron Mines (FER-T) has a portfolio full of projects, a fair pile of cash, backing from not one but two Chinese partners and a plan to become a mid-sized iron ore producer within the next few years.


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