The HD Mining case, which is currently before the Federal Court of Canada, has a high media profile these days. It’s a story that weaves together two hot button legal issues for the labour movement: immigration and occupational health and…
VANCOUVER – Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets to focus on optimizing key operations, shoring up earnings, and cutting back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index showed signs of recovery following a tough month during the Apr. 22-26 trading period, with a 2.8%, or 26.15 point, jump leading to a 965.22 point weekly close. Rising commodity prices…
Investors took comfort in the fact that unemployment claims in the U.S. fell more than expected and that helped bolster all three of the big indices south of the border for the April 22-26 period.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index managed to hold on to its earlier gains during the April 22–26 trading week, edging up 155 points to 12,220.20. The index fell after the U.S. government reported slower than expected growth in the…
Calibre Mining (CXB-V) and B2Gold ( BTO-T, BGLPF-O ) are taking their relationship to the next level with B2Gold committing to spend $6 million for an additional 19% of the Primavera gold-copper porphyry project and surrounding 322 sq km of…
The year’s first quarter brought challenges beyond a falling gold price for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but its nothing that a company with a 55-year history can’t weather.
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based junior Homestake Resource (HSR-V) is turning the page on nine years of exploration at its Homestake Ridge gold-silver property on the Iskut-Stewart-Kitsault belt 32 km northwest of Alice Arm, B.C. A final…
With resource stocks tumbling into bear territory, the landscape for commodity investing is changing.
In the last year Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has announced a multi-billion dollar overrun at its flagship development project in Chile, taken a $3.8-billion charge on a highly criticized acquisition, changed its chief executive officer and seen…
VANCOUVER — According to president and CEO Glen Kuntz and his team at Mega Precious Metals (MGP-V), a strong asset can carry a junior through turbulent times in the stock market. And they believe the company’s wholly owned Monument…
International mining companies happy to be invited to their usual seat of honour at the fiesta in Mexico are a little unnerved to find that this time, they’re going to be the piñata, and the Mexican government is winding up for a…
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