VANCOUVER — Despite setting production records during the first quarter, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) is not off to the best start to 2014. The company struggled with bad weather at its iron-ore operations in Western Australia,…
Short positions outstanding at April 15/14 (with changes from March 31/14).
VANCOUVER — One of the trickier elements for mining companies in Mexico involves negotiations over land use with communities that fall under Mexico’s National Agrarian Registry ejido system, and even large-scale miners like Goldcorp…
A Chinese consortium led by MMG, an arm of state-owned China Minmetals Group, is buying Glencore Xstrata’s (LSE: GLEN) enormous Las Bambas copper project in Peru for US$5.85 billion in cash.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 135.41 points during the trading week to close at 14,257.69. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index jumped 12.55 points to 814.81. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index slipped 1.07 points…
While private equity financing was the talk of the mining industry in the first quarter, heavy duty mergers and acquisitions are punching their way back to centre stage, as mining majors take advantage of depressed metals prices and share…
The story “NovaCopper boosts resources at Bornite” (T.N.M., March 31–April 6/14) incorrectly stated the inferred contained copper figures for both the in-pit and below-pit estimates at Bornite, which were stated in millions…
SUDBURY, ONTARIO — The Sudbury region has served up more than its fair share of intriguing economic geology over the years, and now Sudbury-based junior Ginguro Exploration (TSXV: GEG) is adding another geological puzzle to the mix in the…
Shares in Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) rose after the Timmins, Ont.-focused gold firm posted another strong quarter after its Bell Creek mill expansion late last year.
AuRico Gold (TSX: AUG; NYSE: AUQ) couldn’t wait to show the market its production results.
Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) may have missed the Street’s expectations due to some accounting rules, but the company showed it is steadily restoring the prominence of Canada’s first diamond mine: Ekati.
Mid-tier copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) impressed analysts after posting record production results for the first quarter of the year.
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