Anglo American plc

Looking to consolidate its nickel mining interests down under, Toronto-based LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has launched an A85-per-share bid for the 20% stake it doesn’t already own in its Aus…

Vancouver — U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil (XOM-N) has filed a civil suit against Chile’s state mineral company, Enami, adding to the legal complications that have delayed the US$1.3-billion sale of its C…

A strong rally in the U.S. markets over the report period Aug. 13-20 brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.6% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 up 6%.The Dow finished the period at 8,872.0…

Although its roots are in South Africa, De Beers believes the emphasis given to Canadian diamond exploration is fully justified. Last year, Canada accounted for 40% of the US$73 million the company sp…

Anglo American (AAUK-Q) has decided to sell its half-interest in Congo Mineral Developments (CMD), the joint venture that holds a 60% interest in the Kolwezi copper-cobalt tailings project in the Demo…

The stocks of South African-based miners headed south during the report period ended July 30 as political risk made a stark reappearance.In a document leaked to a Johannesburg-based web site in late J…

Stock markets in the U.S. were little-changed over the holiday-shortened trading period July 3-9. Over four trading days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a 1% gain, to 9,096.09 points, while …

With markets weakening across the board, mining stocks were generally lower on U.S. exchanges. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 119.07 points, or 1.3% of value, over the five trading days from Ju…

Vancouver — With delineation drilling on the Boyongan prospect outlining what appears to be one of the highest-grade copper-gold porphyry discoveries in recent memory, Australian-listed Greenstone Re…

Diamond exploration in Ontario has had several false starts since speculation about the origin of gems in glacial drift south of the Great Lakes led explorers to the province more than a century ago.L…

The release of another cautious U.S. consumer report pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down 8.93 points, or 0.8%, during the holiday-shortened May 22-28 report period. Likewise, the Down Jones In…

Generally gloomy economic news and weakness in the “new-economy” stocks brought the U.S. stock markets down over the report period May 15-21. The broadly based Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 17.4 po…