For Anglo Pacific Group (TSX: APY; LSE: APF), royalty income in the first half surpassed all of the royalty income earned last year. And while the company posted an after-tax loss for the six months ended June 30, it was a much smaller one than…
At a time when lower commodity prices are fuelling cost-cutting and restructuring plans across the mining sector, Pan American Silver (TSX: PAA; NASDAQ: PAAS) is pushing ahead with expansion projects at two of its three mines in Mexico, and…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a rough run for gold equities over the past few years, but recent performances by major and intermediate producers seem to hint at an industry that’s getting its balance sheets and cost structures in…
VANCOUVER — Junior Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI; US-OTC: VGMTF) is getting a second look from investors after a change in strategy at its wholly owned Los Verdes copper-molybdenum property, 200 km southeast of Hermosillo,…
El Morro, the large undeveloped gold-copper deposit in northern Chile, will become the focus of a joint venture (JV) between Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) and Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK), giving it a better chance of reaching its…
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) has sold its 60.6% stake in the Valcambi gold refinery in southeast Switzerland to a subsidiary of Rajesh Exports. The sale netted the miner US$119 million in cash.
Market realities are starting to bite, and the combination of Oban Mining (TSX: OBM) with three other companies is a good model to emulate at a time when most management teams in the junior mining sector are struggling to keep their…
The interview of Rick Rule, chairman of Sprott U.S. Holdings, in last week’s issue includes some observations on the nature of the junior exploration sector that I take issue with. The junior sector has always consumed a prodigious amount…
VANCOUVER — Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) has been carrying out business-wide spending cuts that it calls an “aggressive response” to weak market conditions.
In less than a month, Minera IRL (TSX: IRL; LSE: MIRL) has lost community support for its Ollachea gold project in Peru, dismissed its interim CEO, and most recently, shown its executive chairman Daryl Hodges the door.
U.S. equities were in free-fall during the first two days of the week, as Chinese stock indexes plunged nearly 9% and 8%, respectively — among their worst performances since December 1996 — while the price of West Texas Intermediate…
The Toronto Stock Exchange finished in positive territory as investors took in higher oil prices and news that the Chinese government cut interest rates again to bolster its slowing economy. The S&P/TSX Composite climbed for four…
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