Franco-Nevada hikes dividend despite losses
Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV) isn’t letting paper losses get in the way of pushing cash back to investors.
Volume 100 Number 9 Apr 14 - 20, 2014
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…
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, April 8 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
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…
Mosaic cuts 51 workers across Saskatchewan
Mosaic’s (NYSE: MOS) decision to lay off 51 workers across its potash division in Saskatchewan — or just under 2% of its workforce in the province in Western Canada — is not as dramatic as Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s…
Verde Potash pushes Cerrado ahead
VANCOUVER — With a prefeasibility study in hand and a major funding deal arranged with the Brazilian government, Verde Potash (TSX: NPK; US-OTC: AMHPF) is pushing its Cerrado Verde project in Brazil towards production.
TSX moves higher on jobs data, March 31-April 4
Strong jobs data in Canada helped lift the S&P/TSX Composite Index by 0.93% to 14,393.10. The unemployment rate in March dropped for the first time this year, falling to 6.9%, as the economy added 42,900 jobs. The majority of the new jobs…
U.S. markets uninspired, March 31- April 4
Markets in the U.S. were mixed, as evidenced by the three main indexes showing varied results. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 88 points to 16,412.71 points and the S&P 500 Index gained 6 points to finish at 1,865.09 points,…
Primero aims to turn around Black Fox
Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) is adopting the turnaround strategy it used at its San Dimas underground gold–silver mine in Mexico to its recently acquired Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, Ont., where it aims for another success…
TSX Venture snaps losing streak, March 31-April 4
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index bounced back during the trading sessions after seven days in the red, as it closed up 1.8%, or 17.41 points, en route to a 1,007.16-point weekly close. Markets were buoyed by rising precious metal prices,…
Capstone more than doubles Pinto Valley mine life
VANCOUVER — Six months after buying the Pinto Valley mine, Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) has shown that the copper–molybdenum–silver mine can be operated for at least eight extra years and produce a billion more…
Is African Barrick Gold getting on track?
There is no denying that it has been a rough ride for African Barrick Gold (LSE: ABG; US-OTC: ABGLF) since the company first listed in the London Stock Exchange in early 2010.