Editorial: Top stories of 2017
Broadly speaking, 2017 was a year of renewed optimism for many miners and mineral explorers, fuelled by stronger commodity prices and long awaited financial payoffs from belt-tightening measures taken during…
Broadly speaking, 2017 was a year of renewed optimism for many miners and mineral explorers, fuelled by stronger commodity prices and long awaited financial payoffs from belt-tightening measures taken during…
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) has suspended the employment contracts for its workforce in Mexico in response to an illegal blockade at its El Limon-Guajes (ELG) gold mine, 180 km…
VANCOUVER — First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) is the latest large mining company to place a bet on Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM; NYSE-AM: NAK) controversial, wholly owned Pebble…
Gold closed at US$1,255.10 per oz., up US$6.90 per oz. on the week. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 4.1% to 80.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.27 points to a 801.23-point close, as spot gold prices rose US$7.95 to US$1,256.44 per oz., and Comex copper prices gained US16¢ to US$3.14…
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates 0.25% — its third rate increase this year. The central bank said it expects three more interest rate increases in 2018. Spot gold…
VANCOUVER — South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) has launched a US$383-million, all-share bid for debt-heavy peer Lonmin (LON: LMI; US-OTC: LNMIY). If the deal closes, it would be Sibanye’s fourth…
VANCOUVER — A looming decline in production from Australia’s gold mining industry could be a wake-up call for explorers worldwide, MinEx Consulting managing director Richard Schodde says. The industry soothsayer…
Cobalt has more than doubled in price from US$14.75 per lb. in late December 2016 to over US$30 per lb., making it one of the top performing metals this year….
Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy, metals and agriculture markets in Scotiabank’s economics department. He is the author of the “Scotiabank Commodity Price Index,” a monthly report that…
First Nations have just won an important lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Canada on account that the Yukon government had tried to do an end-run on their land claim…
VANCOUVER — The annual gathering of London Metal Exchange (LME) Week provides a bellwether for the major trends in base metals and industrial mineral markets over the coming year. Metal…
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