VANCOUVER — Mining giants BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BLT) and Vale (NYSE: VALE) haven’t offered much detail about a large-scale tailings dam breach at the Samarco iron ore joint venture in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state,…
The natural resources industry of Newfoundland and Labrador — beaten down as it is by the steep decline in iron ore and oil prices — has received a most welcome board-level confirmation from Vale that it will indeed pursue…
Junior Equitas Resources (TSXV: EQT; US-OTC: EQTRF) has kicked off a second phase of exploration at its Garland nickel-copper-cobalt property in Newfoundland and Labrador, with the hope of discovering deeper Voisey’s Bay-style…
Mining giant Vale has partnered with Laurentian University and the United Steelworkers (USW) to conduct a $400,000, three-year research project focused on the mental health of miners.
Just a week after Vale (NYSE: VALE) unveiled a memorandum of understanding with one of China’s largest commercial banks for financing arrangements worth up to US$4 billion, Zijin Mining Group of southern Fujian province has agreed to…
China cut interest rates for the third time in six months to shore up its economy, just as weaker-than-expected industrial production, retail sales and consumer sentiment in the U.S. cast a pall over the economy and hinted that the…
Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has made progress in a short time at its Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru — but it wasn’t always focused on phosphate.
A newly released coroner jury’s verdict and recommendations stemming from the two-week inquest into the deaths of two miners at Vale’s underground Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., in 2011 has met with wide approval from all…
VANCOUVER — Royalty and streaming leader Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been increasing its presence in the gold space recently, and according to president and CEO Randy Smallwood that trend could continue, with many of the…
VANCOUVER — A dearth in the availability of traditional equity financing has led to the rise of specialist, mining-related investment funds, and another major player is taking the field. In early March, new private mining venture X2…
Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) is an attractive takeover candidate, mining analyst Nik Rasskazovskiy of independent investment dealer Salman Partners contends in a recent research note.
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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