Glencore records US$2.6B loss, scraps dividend
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) posted a US$2.6 billion loss after write-downs for the first half of the year and scrapped its dividend, as the coronavirus pandemic dented global demand and lowered…
Volume 106 Number 17 Aug 3-17, 2020
Mulatos mine keeps paying off for Alamos Gold
When Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) paid Placer Dome $10 million for the Mulatos project in Mexico in November 2001, gold was below US$300 per ounce. At that gold…
Iron ore and coking coal prices approach parity
Since the establishment of the spot market for iron ore in 2008 and the inclusion of coking coal prices on the Singapore Exchange in 2014, the price of 62% iron…
Editorial: Investors wake up to the appeal of gold
If the price of gold in a local currency is a measure of national risk, then the United Kingdom is apparently in a worse place than during the Black Death…
Minera Alamos buys Cerro de Oro gold project in private sale
Canada’s Minera Alamos (TSX-V: MAI) is expanding its footprint in Mexico by acquiring the Cerro de Oro gold project in the north-central state of Zacatecas, its third asset in the precious metals-rich country. The…
Donald Trump Jr calls for blocking Pebble mine
Opponents of Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Alaska found a new ally on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr. took to Twitter…
Covid-19 creates ‘perfect storm’ for gold investment: World Gold Council
With the price of gold having crested US$2,000 an ounce, the World Gold Council released its latest report on the precious metal’s demand trends. The Gold Demands Trends report covers…
Torex posts ‘solid’ Q2; updates 2020 guidance
Mexico-focused producer Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) released its second quarter financial results and updated production guidance for the year: with 59,508 oz. gold generated in the quarter, the company…
Pan American expands La Colorada deposit in Mexico
Silver producer Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) has updated the resource estimate for the La Colorada skarn deposit near its wholly owned La Colorada underground mine in Mexico’s…
Star Diamond reports sample results as Rio Tinto legal battle looms
Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) has begun to receive results from Rio Tinto‘s bulk-sampling program at the Star-Orion South project in central Saskatchewan. Rio so far has processed material from four…
Agnico, Yamana target underground potential at Canadian Malartic
Joint-venture partners Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) and Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) will begin construction of an underground ramp at their Canadian Malartic open pit mine, 25 km…
Canadian research program seeks to transform our understanding of how orebodies form
Mining is a wealth-creation industry that produces the metals and minerals essential to every sector of our economy. For instance, in 2018, Canada produced over 60 minerals and metals from…