Almonty Industries (TSXV: ALL), a Toronto-headquartered company that describes itself as a specialist in acquiring distressed and underperforming tungsten assets, is turning its sights on Dublin-based Ormonde Mining (LSE: ORM).
Colombia’s mining sector makes up 3% of the country’s gross domestic product. It is the world’s fourth-largest coal producer at 90 million tonnes per year, the tenth-largest nickel producer, and it is rich in copper, precious…
With coal prices sitting at multi-year lows, almost 17% of coal production this year in the U.S. could be at risk of idling or closure, as total cash costs plus sustaining capital expenditures exceed current market prices, Wood Mackenzie says…
Over the past decade there has been increased effort, often advocated by shareholder advisory groups, to link executive compensation with executive and corporate performance (so-called “pay-for-performance”).
Retail investors, historically the “lifeblood” of the junior mining sector, are largely gone from the picture, but need to return for the sector to survive the current downturn, John Kaiser argues.
VANCOUVER — Royalty and streaming leader Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been increasing its presence in the gold space recently, and according to president and CEO Randy Smallwood that trend could continue, with many of the…
Forsys Metals (TSX: FSY) has reported feasibility study results for its Norasa uranium project in the Erongo region of central-west Namibia.
U.S. stocks rose on a declining dollar and higher gold prices at a slower-than-expected pace, which pushed up the main indexes.
Canada’s benchmark index gained after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it was in no hurry to raise interest rates. The news lowered the U.S. dollar and increased commodity prices, as commodities priced in U.S. dollars became more…
The recent annual convention in Toronto of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada saw a diverse group of mining personnel scoop up this year’s awards.
Fresh on the heels of its 2015 Thayer Lindsley award win for discovering the Kamoa copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has reeled in Zijin Mining as a strategic investor.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 1%, or 6 points, en route to a 670.60-point close. Gold, copper and energy futures benefitted from weakness in the U.S. dollar, while Statistics Canada reported that the inflation rate held…
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