In an interview in Toronto with The Northern Miner last year, Amara Mining (AMZ-T, AMA-L) chief executive Peter Spivey predicted the company would release an updated resource estimate defining a large mineralized sulphide deposit underlying…
U.S. markets were recovering at press time after a sluggish period. Troubled Cyprus alarmed investors, with the week ending on fears that contagion would ensue if the country wasn’t bailed out by the European Union.
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by larger-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) looking all but wrapped up, it’s an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
The shift from “quantity to returns” has led to numerous headaches for miners, causing project delays, hefty writedowns and CEO departures, while companies tackle escalating costs that have caught up with the rising commodity…
Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012, but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8-million writedown on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico’s Sonora…
Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) is applauding the Ontario Court of Appeal’s move to reverse a lower court’s 2011 decision in the Keewatin case that said the provincial government could not approve resource development in the…
VANCOUVER — In a few short months, privately held TMAC Resources has acquired a large gold project in northernmost Canada, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Inuit association that owns the project lands, added $35…
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VANCOUVER — In the end, predictions of a bidding war for Inmet Mining (IMN-T) ended up as much ado about nothing. Instead, the lack of rival bids for a company with three operating mines and a huge, undeveloped copper project in Panama…
While there may be a glut of copper coming out of the world’s mines over the next four years, it won’t be too long before a supply gap opens up and widens.
VANCOUVER — With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission…
Despite several mill maintenance shutdowns last year and variable ore hardness and fragmentation entering the semi-autogenous grinding mill from different open-pit locations, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) posted a gross profit of $38.2 million…
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