PotashCorp eyes stong 2014 finish
Despite Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) third-quarter profit declining 11%, it expects to finish the year on an upbeat note.
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Kaminak’s Coffee project ‘as vanilla as it gets’
Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) president and CEO Eira Thomas says the company’s high-grade and potentially high-margin Coffee gold project in the Yukon would be simple to mine and process.
Antofagasta to buy Duluth Metals
VANCOUVER — Chilean copper miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO; US-OTC: ANFGY) and Toronto-based explorer Duluth Metals (TSX: DM; US-OTC: DULMF) are joint-venture partners in the Twin Metals Minnesota…
Gold majors lose their shine
The share prices of major gold producers plunged to multi-year lows following actions of the central banks in the U.S. and Japan that pushed down the gold price and clouded producers’ third-quarter results.
TSX Venture flounders as gold plummets, Oct. 27-31
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite approached a 52-week low during the trading sessions after it lost 4.5%, or 35.86 points, before closing at 769.59 points. Gold futures dropped while the Industrial Product Price Index lost 0.4% in September…
US stocks soar, Oct. 27-31
U.S. equities gained as the American economy showed signs of improvement.
Cameco takes a hit in Q3, cuts 2014 revenue outlook
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) swung to a loss during the third quarter, as it took impairment charges on two investments, and trimmed its full-year uranium production forecast and revenue guidance.
Geologic Materials Center opens in Alaska
The state of Alaska’s geological collection has a new home in Anchorage.
Canterra carves out more ground in diamond country
Randy Turner — the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 — is back at diamond exploration in the same part of…
NRC program aims to realize ‘full potential’ of Canada’s Arctic
VANCOUVER — Natural resource development in Canada can come with unique challenges owing to isolated locales and frigid weather. But the federal government is hoping it can make life a bit easier for miners and other parties involved…
True North Gems builds Greenland’s first ruby mine
True North Gems (TSXV: TGX; US-OTC: TNGMF) kicked off its first field season in Greenland a decade ago, but is finally closing in on the prize: an open-pit mine that will produce ruby and pink sapphire gemstones starting next year, and running…
Commentary: After Tsilhqot’in – Aboriginal issues for project proponents north of 60
Ever since the Tsilhqot’in decision was handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada in June, lawyers, journalists, economists and project proponents alike have been assessing the ruling’s impact on the development of natural resource…