Graphite demand to strengthen: Roskill
London-based resource market analyst Roskill Information Services is predicting significant shifts in the supply and demand dynamics of the natural and synthetic graphite industry.
Volume 98 Number 39 Nov 12 - 18, 2012
Northland starts its engines
Northland Resources (NAU-T) has been given the green light to get the big trucks rolling, which could mean that Sweden’s next iron mine is only weeks away from entering production.
Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ courts controversy from railway union, aboriginal groups
Members of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), a crown agency in charge of maintaining transportation and communications in Northern Ontario, voted unanimously in favour of a proposal by the General Chairperson’s…
Eldorado Gold sees higher costs in Q3
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) forecasts gold production this year from its operating mines in China, Turkey, Greece and Brazil will reach 660,000 oz., at cash-operating costs of US$465 per oz.
Goldcorp rebounds with strong quarter
Vancouver-based major Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) staged a comeback in the third quarter after being plagued by operational problems at its two largest mines during the first half of the year.
Red Eagle gets the cash to push ahead
Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) has some deep-pocketed investors believing in its ability to fast track its Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia into production.
Forsys to combine Namibian projects
Forsys Metals (FSY-T) has updated the resource estimate for its Namibplaas uranium deposit, and says it makes sense to combine its Namibplaas and nearby Valencia uranium deposit 7 km southwest to feed via conveyor a single, optimized process…
Finland’s next one?
Taranis Resources (TRO-V) thinks it’s about time a junior mining company hit the big time in northern Finland’s world-class Kittila copper-gold district.
Prosperity Goldfields sets the stage at Kiyuk
It has been nearly a year since Adrian Fleming and his team studied from afar drill results from Prosperity Goldfields’ (PPG-V) wholly owned Kiyuk Lake project in southwestern Nunavut’s Kivalliq district, and felt they could be…
Seabridge likes what it sees at Walsh Lake
Mid-year exploration drilling at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T, SA-N) Courageous Lake project in Canada’s Northwest Territories uncovered a new gold occurrence 10 km south of the 6.5 million oz. proven and probable gold reserves that the…
Stornoway expects delays at Renard
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) recently provided an update on the construction of the Route 167 extension that would give it full-year road access to its fly-in Renard diamond project in Quebec, confirming earlier media reports that the project…
Peregrine attracts big-name financiers
Financing opportunities are hard to come by, particularly for junior companies far from production, which could explain why Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) shares have been climbing since the firm announced a $10-million financing on Oct. 25.