Ontario urged to address mining sector challenges
Ontario has a strong mining sector, a positive reputation as a mining jurisdiction and heaps of mining sector expertise.
2015
Southern Arc shifts focus to Japan
In 2005, Southern Arc Minerals (TSXV: SA) became the first Canadian junior exploration company to return to Indonesia after the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The junior acquired two key projects: the West Lombok property on Southwest Lombok…
Editorial: Former Massey CEO Blankenship convicted of conspiracy
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has been convicted by a federal jury in West Virginia of conspiracy to violate U.S. mine-safety laws in relation to the 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the firm’s Upper Big Branch…
TSX Venture falls with oil futures, Nov. 30-Dec. 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index followed energy markets downward, losing 4.88 points en route to a 517.13-point close. Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 7.1% in November, while the Canadian merchandise…
TSX dips, Nov. 27-Dec.3
Canada’s main stock index closed lower, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index slipping 0.8% to 13,324.67. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.4% to 348.96. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index, however, gained…
Uncertainty punishes US markets, Nov. 26-Dec. 3
Comments by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about a stronger U.S. economy and the risks of delaying an interest rate hike, combined with lower-than-expected stimulus from the European Central Bank, and a mass shooting in southern California…
Harquail, Smallwood and more weigh in on alternative mining finance
Included as a magazine in our latest issue is our newest research report entitled New Frontiers in Mining Finance, which analyses the results of a Northern Miner reader survey of attitudes towards alternative mining financing, culminating in a…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/15 (with changes from Nov. 15/15).
Bob Rae on engagement: ‘Face-to-face really matters’
About US$20-billion worth of projects globally in the industry today are stalled due to poor government or community relations, Gordon Bogden, a geoscientist and director on the boards of several mining companies, told a conference in Toronto…
Nordgold CEO orchestrates ‘compelling performance’
Moscow-headquartered Nordgold (LSE: NORD) counts itself as one of the best performing, lowest-cost gold producers in the industry today, and yet, curiously, few North Americans know anything about it.
US stock indices post marginal gains, Nov. 20-26
Data released ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 26 showed that gross domestic product in the U.S. grew 2.1% in the third quarter — not the 1.5% reported in October — while single-family home sales in October rose 10.7%,…
Site Visit: Trevali nears full production at Caribou
BATHURST, N.B.— Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) is nearing commercial production at its past-producing Caribou zinc-lead-silver mine in New Brunswick, ahead of what the company expects will be an uptick in zinc and lead prices,…