Is it time to buy deflated gold stocks?
It’s been a tough few weeks for the gold bulls. It was only two months ago they were screaming from the roof calling for a gold ‘break-out’ into all new…
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How working with artisanal miners can reduce risk and generate value
Large-scale and artisanal-scale mining (ASM) are often at odds. Artisanal miners are frequently seen as squatters by large-scale companies, using land concessions without formal rights. Their presence also increases the…
Mining megatrends create industry meta-crisis, says Newmont CEO
Tom Palmer, CEO of top global gold producer Newmont (NYSE: NGT; TSX: NEM), is monitoring three industry megatrends, which, if left unchecked, could simultaneously animate, interact with, and reinforce one…
China lights a fuse under the copper producers
Turn your mind back six months ago to January 2023. Markets were in a frenzy predicting enormous growth in Asia as China emerged from its three-year lockdown. Commodity stocks were…
Global Copper Snapshot: Eight companies keen to plug the copper supply gap
Copper is critical for a lower carbon future but as deposits are becoming harder to find and a supply deficit looms, miners are keen to find new sources of the…
Irving Resources shares leap on high-grade gold results from northern Japan
Shares in Japan-focused explorer Irving Resources (CSE: IRV) rose nearly 20% on Wednesday after it reported high-grade assays from its winter drill program at its flagship Omu gold-silver project on…
Video: Dundee’s process innovations help miners get greener
The mining and smelting industry has faced environmental risks for decades, but now new mineral extraction and metallurgical technologies are helping to mitigate them. Dundee Sustainable Technologies has developed two…
TSX gains during May 29 to June 2 trading week
Stocks in Toronto posted modest advances last week after the United States Congress agreed on a debt ceiling deal, Canadian oil regained losses ahead of an OPEC meeting that was…
Centerra to resume full operations at Öksüt after EIA approval
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) is set to resume full operations at the Öksüt mine after receiving approval from the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change for…
Sigma Lithium sells first “green tailings” to China’s Yahua
Sigma Lithium (TSX-V; Nasdaq: SGML) has received payment on its first shipment under a three-year environmental offtake agreement for its green tailings to China’s Yahua International Investment and Development. Yahua…
RANKED: World’s top producing copper companies in 2022
Copper is a highly conductive metal used in wiring in transport, construction and manufacturing — and it is also vital to the green energy transition as a component in electric…
Investors flock to safety on rising risk around the globe
Prospective geology, reasonable costs, workable permitting and regulation regimes, and political stability rarely go together in a mining jurisdiction. That’s what makes mining such a high-risk, high-stakes business. Early entry…