Talk of coal usually focuses on the thermal variety — the lower-carbon black rock burned in generators to produce electricity — to the neglect of the higher-quality variety used in steelmaking. The focus makes sense: the world…
Consol Energy (CNX-N) sold two non-producing coal assets in Western Canada at the end of 2012 for US$127 million, bringing its total asset sales in 2012 to more than US$350 million, the company reported in the new year.
Candente Copper (DNT-T) has resumed exploration and feasibility drilling this new year on its Canariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru, sending its shares soaring.
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It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian nation might…
For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V), 2013 could be the year that well-planted seeds take root and grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal of achieving inaugural…
Superior Copper (SPC-V) is hoping to find a new mine beside an old one as it gears up for another round of drilling on its flagship Batchawana copper property.
After four years of drilling, designing, consulting and number crunching, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has produced a feasibility study for its planned Schaft Creek mine in B.C. that increases throughput by 30% compared to earlier plans, while…
Six months after Toronto-based Cline Mining (CMK-T) suspended operations at its wholly owned New Elk metallurgical coal mine outside of Trinidad, Colo., the company is still searching for answers.
Miners shed more non-core assets in the new year to help free-up capital, with Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUKY-Q) and Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) selling their stakes in the Amapa iron ore operation in northern Brazil.
A decade ago gold was worth less than US$300 per oz., and gold producers were desperate to attract investors. One method they developed was to report gold-production costs using a minimalist metric, making their potential for profit seem larger.
Increasingly, corporate management structures and areas of accountability no longer follow the strict political boundaries that define countries.
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