Majors fight to maintain dividends
VANCOUVER — It’s been a delicate balancing act for miners over the past few years trying to return money to shareholders while keeping a consistent growth profile.
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Randgold’s Mark Bristow dreams big
Mark Bristow was a 24-year-old university student when he attended a party on the eve of the Midmar Triathalon — a gruelling canoe-cycle-run event held at the Midmar Dam north of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.
Miners struggle to adapt to lower coal prices
Thermal coal prices recently touched a five-and-a-half-year low of US$62.25 per tonne, and the market has seen several mining companies announce plans to sell coal assets or take on partners to weather the downturn.
De Beers the jewel of Anglo American as iron-ore price drops
Other diversified mining giants have had second thoughts about diamonds, but Anglo American (US-OTC: AAUKY; LSE: AAL) never seemed in doubt about its interest in De Beers — the world’s largest diamond miner by value.
De Beers studies Victor extension as mine life wanes
With a mine life that ends in 2018, the ore is running out at Ontario’s only diamond mine — De Beers’ Victor mine, 90 km west of Attawapiskat.
Annual mining profits tumble 72% to lowest point in a decade
VANCOUVER — It’s no secret that 2013 was a rough year in the mining business, but PwC’s eleventh annual global trends analysis — entitled Mine 2014: Realigning Expectations — shed some light how just how grim…
Commentary: Copper price rises on supply worries
These are interesting times for copper investors. Concerns on the supply side, questions over sustained demand due to sluggish global economic growth and a forward curve that defies the normal contango situation are some of the major issues…
Anglo American making progress but still work to be done
This time of the year is normally referred to as ‘earnings season,’ as miners release their operational and financial results from the year before. But given the collective shock the industry has experienced in the form of slumping…
Interview: BC Minister of Mines Bill Bennett at Roundup
VANCOUVER — Following B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s opening address at the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s (AME BC) annual Roundup conference, The Northern Miner had an opportunity to sit down with…
BC Liberals reaffirm province’s ‘mine-friendly’ image
VANCOUVER — It has been over two years since Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals outlined a plan to make the province a national leader in job creation by 2015.
SEG conference explores the future of geoscience
WHISTLER, B.C. — More than ever it seems the mining industry is trying to achieve efficient exploration and development: making lower-cost, geologically economic discoveries, and advancing these deposits towards production.
Anglo American kicks aside Pebble
VANCOUVER — The massive and controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska is solely owned again by junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK), now that its joint-venture partner Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC:…