Higher gold prices — up US$5.50 during the week to US$1,254.10 per oz. — helped lift the S&P/TSX Composite Index 1.02%, or 140.68 points, to 13,888.21. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index climbed 6.67%, or 11.12 points, to 177.81;…
Chris Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities has initiated coverage of Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) with a buy rating and a target price of $5.50 per share and argues the company is well positioned to capitalize on the weak commodity price environment…
VANCOUVER — Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has taken another step in its effort to sell non-core assets and reduce its debt with a deal to sell its 80% stake in the Northparkes copper mine in Australia to China Molybdenum (US-OTC: CMCLF)…
To state that interest rates drive financial markets is to state the obvious. But defining the relationship between rates and mining stocks is a more difficult matter.
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (LUN-T) has been shopping for a base metal asset to add to its production portfolio, and on June 12 the company found a partner in Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L), which was looking to unload its development-stage Eagle…
VANCOUVER — Diversified base metal producer Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is on target to meet its guidance this year despite lower-than-anticipated production during the first quarter at its wholly owned Zinkgruvan zinc-lead-copper mine, 200 km…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grabbing headlines again in a way that many investors would prefer that it didn’t.
LA CORUÑA, GALICIA, SPAIN — It has been three years since Vancouver-based Edgewater Exploration (EDW-V) bought the Corcoesto gold project from Lundin Mining (LUN-T) and embarked upon a journey in northwesternmost Spain’s La…
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by larger-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) looking all but wrapped up, it’s an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
VANCOUVER — A strong fourth quarter capped off another banner year for Vancouver-based streaming outfit Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N). On March 21 the company reported record production and financial results during 2012, and…
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by large-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) looking all but wrapped up, it seems an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) could become a consolidator in B.C., or prey to companies like Lundin Mining (LUN-T), Capstone Mining (CS-T) or Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N), Christopher Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities argues.
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