HSBC cuts iron ore price forecasts
The current iron ore market “looks like a game of chicken where no player has blinked,” says the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
Volume 100 Number 39 Nov 10 - 16, 2014
Geologic Materials Center opens in Alaska
The state of Alaska’s geological collection has a new home in Anchorage.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, November 4, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
PotashCorp eyes stong 2014 finish
Despite Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) third-quarter profit declining 11%, it expects to finish the year on an upbeat note.
TSX posts slim gain, Oct. 27-31
It was not a good week for gold companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the U.S. Federal Reserve confirming that its quantitative easing program would end in October. The gold price fell to US$1,170.60 per oz., while a stronger greenback…
US stocks soar, Oct. 27-31
U.S. equities gained as the American economy showed signs of improvement.
TSX Venture flounders as gold plummets, Oct. 27-31
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite approached a 52-week low during the trading sessions after it lost 4.5%, or 35.86 points, before closing at 769.59 points. Gold futures dropped while the Industrial Product Price Index lost 0.4% in September…
Commentary: After Tsilhqot’in – Aboriginal issues for project proponents north of 60
Ever since the Tsilhqot’in decision was handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada in June, lawyers, journalists, economists and project proponents alike have been assessing the ruling’s impact on the development of natural resource…
B2Gold wrestles with operational issues at Masbate, Limon
VANCOUVER — Producer B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has made a name for itself through its operational acumen in tough jurisdictions, but ongoing ramp-up issues caught up to the company during the third quarter.
Kaminak’s Coffee project ‘as vanilla as it gets’
Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) president and CEO Eira Thomas says the company’s high-grade and potentially high-margin Coffee gold project in the Yukon would be simple to mine and process.
True North Gems builds Greenland’s first ruby mine
True North Gems (TSXV: TGX; US-OTC: TNGMF) kicked off its first field season in Greenland a decade ago, but is finally closing in on the prize: an open-pit mine that will produce ruby and pink sapphire gemstones starting next year, and running…
Cameco takes a hit in Q3, cuts 2014 revenue outlook
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) swung to a loss during the third quarter, as it took impairment charges on two investments, and trimmed its full-year uranium production forecast and revenue guidance.