Terrorists strike Areva in Niger
Niger’s northern desert hosts world-class uranium deposits, but unfortunately it is also playing host to terrorists.
Volume 99 Number 16 Jun 3 - 9, 2013
Citibank calls the end of the Supercycle
A new report from Citi Research, a division of Citigroup Global Markets, says returns have peaked for the mining sector, and that this is the year that “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted…
Centerra hits another roadblock at Kumtor
A swarm of protestors have blocked the only road leading to Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan in a move to pressure the government to cancel the 2009 Kumtor agreement it signed with the miner.
Editorial: HD on its feet after a tumble
Another chapter closed in the HD Mining International saga, with HD celebrating a win in the federal courts against two B.C. unions who had tried to thwart the junior developer’s efforts to import Chinese workers to take a bulk…
Q1 global gold demand buoyed by jewellery sales in China, India
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Gold Council’s summary of its report, Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
Geoscience BC lures stakers to North Vancouver Island
In an effort to spur mineral exploration and economic development, Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) have released the results of a regional geochemical sampling and reanalysis program conducted on North Vancouver…