Potash Back In Vogue With BHP’s Bid For Athabasca Potash
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is offering $341 million to snap up junior explorer Athabasca Potash’s (API-T) assets in Saskatchewan.
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Yukon Territory Wins Big At AME BC Awards Dinner
VANCOUVER — A prospector, a Howe Street financier and several geologists and engineers with historic or recent ties to the Yukon Territory were among the recipients of prestigious awards presented at…
Chinese Mining Investments Sweep The Globe
If anyone had any doubt that a seismic shift of financial power from West to East is underway, they need to look no further than the US$17 billion Chinese companies and sovereign wealth funds pumped i…
Chief Explains Ring Of Fire Protest
First Nation groups eager to be involved in the mining business in northern Ontario are blocking two ice airstrips used by mining companies in the isolated but heavily-staked Ring of Fire camp in the …
Pakistan May Renegotiate Reko Diq Contract
There is new uncertainty surrounding Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) and Antofagasta’s (ANTO-L) Reko Diq copper-gold joint-venture project in Pakistan’s resource-rich but unruly southwest Balochistan pr…
Technical Analysis Report: Where Is Gold Going?
After enjoying a spectacular upward ride for most of 2009, commodity markets have taken a downturn since mid-January.
MDN Flexes Its Rare Metal Muscles
While its name has been tied to gold until now, MDN( MDN-T) is in the midst of diversifying into some slightly less well-known metals.
Underworld Gets First Resource At White Gold
Underworld Resources (UW-V) put some solid numbers behind all the speculation that has grown around its White Gold gold property in the Yukon.
Metals Markets Take A Breather
The fourth trading week of 2010 was a time to look at the big picture, as base and precious metals markets saw another round of substantial corrections.
Zimbabwe Abuses Require Urgent Attention
For more than a year, the World Diamond Council (WDC) has voiced its concerns regarding allegations of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and significant examples of irregularities concerning Kimberley P…
Stop Buying And Selling Blood Diamonds
Severe human rights violations, including murder, rape and forced labour, have taken place in the diamond fields of Marange, Zimbabwe. Recent reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW) indicate that these …
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