US markets fall, March 7-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 670.61 points or 1.99% to finish the March 7-11 trading week at 32,944.19 and the S&P 500 dropped 124.56 points or 2.88% to 4,204.31….
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Colombia to open gold, coal assets up for bids
Colombia will begin taking offers in its first bidding round for gold and copper exploration contracts before the end of March, the government said this week, as part of ongoing…
UPDATE: Iamgold in search of new CEO as Stothart leaves
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) is looking for a new chief executive officer as its current leader Gordon Stothart has stepped down and resigned from the board with immediate effect. The Toronto-based…
Gensource bags synergistic new Tugaske project
Gensource Potash (TSXV: GSP; AIM: GSP) has increased its potash asset base by purchasing an additional 7,244 hectares at $14.26 per hectare of land directly abutting its Tugaske project in…
US markets climb, Dec. 6-10
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.02% or 13,909.91 points to 35,970.99 and the S&P 500 increased 3.82% or 173.59 points to 4,712.02. Spot gold ended the week at US$1,782.90…
Anglo American flags major design changes at UK fertilizer project
Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: AAUKF) has flagged major design changes to the vast fertilizer project being built beneath the North Yorks Moors national park in England, which it acquired last…
Canada’s Saskatchewan adds lithium to mining portfolio
Prairie Lithium, a private lithium resource and technology developer situated in the heart of Saskatchewan’s resource-rich Williston Basin, reached a milestone this week as it finished drilling the province’s first…
Anglo American strategy boss replaces Cutifani as CEO
Duncan Wanblad, 54, will be the first South African to run the company since Tony Trahar stepped down in 2007.
US markets fall, Sept. 13-17
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22.84 points or 0.07% to finish the September 13 to September 17 trading week at 34,584.88 and the S&P 500 fell 25.59 points or…
Court rules Intrepid Potash has no water rights in New Mexico
Intrepid’s use of the Pecos River water became controversial after the company disclosed it planned to sell it to the oil and gas industry.
BHP looks to the future; US Senate passes infrastructure bill
After years of indecision and US$4.5 billion (pre-tax) invested in development since 2008, BHP has announced that it will move forward with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan and approved…
BHP turns toward ‘future facing’ commodities with Jansen potash approval; sale of oil and gas division
In a long awaited decision, BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has approved US$5.7 billion in spending on its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan – an important project for…