2014

The new deepwater, multi-user iron ore dock under construction in Sept-les, Quebec, where New Millennium plans to send iron ore from the Taconite project in the Labrador Trough. Credit: New Millennium Iron

New Millennium, Tata Steel show Taconite is feasible

VANCOUVER — The Taconite project feasibility study is complete, which means that in four months project-owner New Millennium Iron (TSX: NML) should know whether joint-venture partner Tata Steel will turn the Labrador Trough iron-ore…


Western Lithium's plant under construction in Fernley, Nevada, which will process hectatone clay from the Kings Valley project, 322 km away. The clay is used in the oil and gas industry and should generate cash for the company, which hopes to eventually produce lithium at Kings Valley. Credit: Western Lithium

Tesla drives momentum for Western Lithium

When electric-carmaker Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced on Feb. 26 that it would build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory in the U.S., Western Lithium (TSX: WLC; US-OTC: WLCDF) surged 36% to 72¢ per share, with…


Ecuador Gold boosts resource at Santa Barbara ahead of PEA

VANCOUVER — Development potential is coming into focus for Toronto-based explorer Ecuador Gold and Copper (TSXV: EGX) at its flagship Santa Barbara gold–copper porphyry deposit along the Zamora belt in southeastern Ecuador. On March…






Holcim-Lafarge merger stirs cement market

While mega-mergers have faded from view in the mining industry, the global cement industry showed in early April that it’s still capable of serving up a doozy: a friendly, all-share merger of Switzerland’s Holcim and Paris-based…



HSBC’s bullish bias on platinum

Strikes at South Africa’s three largest platinum producers, robust global demand from the auto sector, and strong jewelry demand in China, will push the average price of platinum this year to US$1,595 per oz., James Steel and Howard Wen of HSBC…



CB Gold outlines small gold-silver resource at Vetas

It’s been a tumultuous six months for Colombia-focused explorer CB Gold (TSX: CBJ; US-OTC: CBHDF) and its Vetas gold project 325 km due northeast of Bogotá. The company saw former president and director Giles Baynham depart in late…


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