In November the Canadian government announced sweeping plans to phase out coal-fired power generation across Canada by 2030. Coal miners and electricity consumers across Canada can only be left wondering…
Salaries for expatriates working in Africa are trending upwards after 85% of mining companies increased wages in 2017, according to research by our African-specialist human resources consultancy firm Globe 24-7….
The Bank of Canada announced that it would keep its interest rate steady, arguing that while economic data “suggests that global economic conditions have strengthened,[uncertainty] — which has been undermining…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index stayed relatively unchanged at 748.8 points. Spot gold prices fell US$17.57 per oz. gold, or 1.5%, before closing at US$1,159.86 per oz. — its lowest…
U.S. indexes finished strong, despite lower gold and oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3% to close at 19,756.85. The S&P 500 Index also rose 3% to 2,259.53…
Tapping into the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner has compiled the five projects recording the top gold intersections (grade multiplied by width) globally in or…
Sibanye Gold, the largest producer of gold from mines in South Africa and among the top-10 gold producers globally, will pay US$2.2 billion to acquire Stillwater Mining (NYSE: SWC), the…
A not-for-profit group that has worked to protect public lands and resources in Ontario since 1968, including dissuading development in Algonquin Provincial Park, has filed a private lawsuit against De…
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) shares have seen a boost since the company announced it has received the last two approvals needed to wrap up major permitting at its advanced …
Excelsior Mining (TSXV: MIN) shares have jumped 17% since the company tabled a positive feasibility study on the North Star deposit of its Gunnison copper project in southeastern Arizona. The project,…
When former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser stood on the steps of the Alexandria Stock Exchange in July 1956 and declared he was going to nationalize the Suez Canal, a…
OLLACHEA, PUNO PROVINCE, PERU — Women sift through slate muck piles, raking through the debris with a fork in one hand and a water hose in the other, looking for…
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