For those who may not have been following the uranium sector, the spot price for uranium oxide has climbed more than US$3.50 per lb. in a matter of weeks. Recent events over the past year have woken utilities up to the fact that securing…
This year’s North American Mining Expo in Sudbury featured a new attraction — the inaugural Ontario Jackleg Drilling Competition.
As Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM) works to produce an updated feasibility study for its flagship Corani silver–lead–zinc project in southern Peru by year-end, its efforts to reduce costs are already paying off.
When it comes to development-stage assets, those offering a combination of higher-grade, simple mining and low-operating costs, and favourable jurisdictions are typically the ones that are acquired by larger producers, analysts at Dundee…
After clinching a deal earlier this year to secure Animas Resources and its past-producing Santa Gertrudis gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state, GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlining the…
Prices for drilling services have reached levels that are too low to be viable in the long term, said Francis McGuire, president and CEO of Major Drilling Group International (TSX: MDI), in the company’s most recent financial statements…
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) companywide nickel production in the second quarter of 2014 was 61,600 tonnes, an 8.6% drop from the first quarter and 5.3% fall from the year-ago period. Vale says the decline mainly reflects the impact of four weeks…
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — The fourth annual Precious Metals Summit, held at an exclusive ski resort in Beaver Creek, Colo., kicked off on Sept. 10, with more than 100 select juniors presenting over two days.
With a mine life that ends in 2018, the ore is running out at Ontario’s only diamond mine — De Beers’ Victor mine, 90 km west of Attawapiskat.
Over the last two years, the management team at Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) looked at more than 700 projects before it found one that it believed could be a company-maker.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite trended downward for a second straight week during the trading period, losing 6.96 points en route to a 987.93-point close. Commodity futures struggled during weekly trading, with the energy sector pressured by…
A healthy pace of mergers and acquisitions is usually a positive sign in any industry, and so the rebounding M&A scene in Canadian mining over the past few months is encouraging.
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