Ecuador’s Minister of Strategic Sectors, Rafael Poveda, seemed tired when he sat down with The Northern Miner in Quito last week. The minister, who has a degree in law and an MBA, had returned the night before from China, where, off and…
Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE-MKT: TCK) has become the third company this year to sign a joint-venture option agreement with prospect developer Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) on its Atacama property in Chile, 50 km from the port of Antofagasta.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index finished in negative territory, losing 0.6% to end at 13,791.88 points. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index dropped 10.6% to 411.68. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index retreated 1.8% to…
VANCOUVER — When nickel giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) dropped its claims over the Rice Island nickel and copper project in the highly prolific Flin Flon–Snow Lake mining district of Manitoba in May, junior explorer Wolfden Resources…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5%, or 266.64 points, to close at 17,755.80, and the S&P 500 Index advanced 1.8%, or 36.90 points, to finish at 2,089.41. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index dropped 4.8% to 52.25.
A little over a decade ago, the Mining Association of Canada launched with little fanfare a unique stewardship program called the “Towards Sustainable Mining Initiative (TSM).” It was the only program that measured and reported on…
Diamond equities have had a rough ride in 2015, but what about next year? In an interview in early November, Matthew O’Keefe, vice-president and senior analyst at Dundee Capital Markets,…
Since it raised $946 million last July to build its Renard diamond mine in Quebec, Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) has kept construction and engineering at the project on time and…
Botswana is the world’s largest diamond producer by value and home to the incredibly rich and long-lived Tier 1 Orapa and Jwaneng mines, both owned by Debswana, a 50/50 joint…
Looking to extend the mine life at its Ekati operation beyond 2020, when it’s now slated for closure, Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) has been busy this year proving…
YELLOWKNIFE — There’s a frosty glow across the rugged northern tundra at the Kennady North diamond project, 280 km east of Yellowknife, but the icy shimmer still doesn’t compare to…
The response of diamond miners to the decline in rough prices over the past year — they’ve fallen around 16%, according to the WWW rough diamond index — has been…
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