Vale, partners to study mental health in mining
Mining giant Vale has partnered with Laurentian University and the United Steelworkers (USW) to conduct a $400,000, three-year research project focused on the mental health of miners.
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Silver Institute: Demand perks up in first half 2015
The following is an edited version of a report by The Silver Institute. For more information please visit www.silverinstitute.org
TSX Venture falls below 600, July 20-24
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index declined for a fifth week, closing down 5.8% — or 36.3 points to 592.48 points — while markets weathered declining commodity prices.
Editorial: Commodities rout tests miners’ pain threshold
July has been such a brutal month for commodities producers that even last year’s prices are looking pretty good now. The rout in commodities prices in recent weeks has been unrelenting, wide-ranging and driven by macroeconomic factors…
Teck chugs along, amid plunging coal prices
Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B and NYSE: TCK) has posted decent second quarter results. But analysts remain cautious about the diversified miner’s path forward, amid weakening coal markets.
Calibre makes progress in Nicaragua
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Gold price fall may trigger another round of writedowns
Data recently published by Wood Mackenzie illustrates that at US$1,100 per oz. gold, about 10% of current gold mine production is uneconomic on a total cash cost plus sustaining capex basis.
Batero Gold targets CB Gold in friendly deal
Less than a month after rejecting a hostile takeover offer from Red Eagle Mining (TSXV: RD; US-OTC: RDEMF), CB Gold’s (TSXV: CBJ; US-OTC: CBHDF) board of directors is recommending to shareholders that they accept a takeover…
NioCorp CEO provides cash to company
For the second time in less than two months, Mark Smith of NioCorp Developments (TSX: NB; US-OTC: NIOBF) has dug into his own pockets for loans to the company he leads.
Commentary: Fulfilling CSR goals without violating anti-corruption laws
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly important to successful business operations. Yet CSR initiatives are often developed without attention to possible liability under anti-corruption laws.
Editorial: Mitsubishi comes clean on WWII slave labour
Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corp. is showing corporate courage by formally apologizing for using American prisoners of war as forced labour at its mines and industrial complexes during World War II — the first Japanese company to…
Gold stocks that soared in 2015’s H1
Several gold producers have registered strong share price gains during the first half of 2015, despite price pressure on the yellow metal. The spot gold price dipped 0.7% from last year’s close to end June 30 at US$1,174 per oz. It has…