Scotiabank report analyses Japan’s impact on commodities
A new report from Scotiabank says the negative fallout from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are “likely to prove temporary with Japan quickly gearing up its economy again.”
Uranium
ARMZ cuts bid price for Mantra
With Japan’s unfolding nuclear disaster scaring many investors – and some governments – away from uranium, Russia’s Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) has come back with a more modest offer to buy Australia’s Mantra Resources (MRL-T, MRU-A) and its Mkuju…
Editorial: Bidding wars heat up
The talk of the North American mining scene in mid-March was the ratcheting up of two high-profile bidding wars.
Editorial: Japanese quake rocks the world
On March 11, in a defining day of the new decade, residents of Japan’s northeast coastal region were hit by a deadly triple whammy of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, a resulting tsunami with waves reaching 10 metres in height, and a growing threat…
PDAC: precious metals and uranium gurus weigh in with predictions for 2011
The opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto gave a relatively upbeat outlook for precious metals and uranium prices this year, especially considering the wild…
Strateco forges ahead at Matoush amid uncertainty
Three years, millions of dollars, and thousands of pages of impact studies later, there is still no guarantee that Strateco Resources (RSC-T) will be allowed to explore underground on its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish…
Pele Mountain adds REEs to the mix
When Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) completed a scoping study in 2007 on its Eco Ridge mine project in Elliot Lake, Ont., the company didn’t even bother to include the deposit’s rare earth elements as a byproduct of the project’s planned…
Pele Mountain updates resource estimate
When Pele Mountain (GEM-V) completed a scoping study in 2007 on its Eco Ridge mine project in Elliot Lake, the company didn’t even bother to include the deposit’s rare earth elements as a by-product of the project’s planned uranium production.
Rockgate boosts grade, tonnage at Falea
Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) has significantly increased the size and grade of the uranium and silver resource in its Falea project in southwest Mali with a resource update.
Demand outpaces discoveries, Roundup delegates told
VANCOUVER – This year’s Mineral Exploration Roundup attracted 7,000 delegates from around the world, a new record for the annual conference hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC). But in keeping with the…
Commodities roundup
Vancouver – The final technical session at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver took a look at the potential of thermal coal, uranium, vanadium, molybdenum, copper, and of course, gold.
What investors can expect from elections in CAR
After much delay the citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) are set to head to the polls on Sunday, but the implications for miners in the region are still unclear. Francois Bozize, the current president, is favored to win. Even if he…