TSX moves up, April 28-May 2
The Toronto stock market had a strong trading week, helped by decent corporate earnings and better-than-expected jobs data from the U.S., with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 232 points to 14,765.15.
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TSX Venture closes flat, April 28-May 2
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index shrugged off early week doldrums to gain 0.87 of a point during the trading sessions, en route to 1,014.46-point close. Commodity futures rallied late in the period, while a U.S. economic report indicated…
PotashCorp beats Q1 earnings estimates
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is off to a good start, as it has reported strong first-quarter 2014 earnings, beating the company’s guidance and analyst expectations and bumping up its full-year forecast.
Rockcliff builds critical mass in Flin Flon-Snow Lake
During his 30 years as a field geologist, Kenneth Lapierre worked on grassroots exploration projects across North and South America and as an underground production geologist in precious and base-metal mines in Canada. His work over those…
Fission finishes winter PLS program with more hot holes
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium’s (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) winter drill program at its Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in the southwest Athabasca was a remarkable success.
Cameco Q1 profits up on Bruce Power sale
Saskatoon-based uranium miner Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) earned $131 million in the first quarter, helped by the sale of its interest in Bruce Power Ltd. Partnership.
Hudbay’s Manitoba business going strong and growing
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM: NYSE: HBM) swung to a net loss in the first quarter of $27.2 million, or 15¢ per share, compared to a profit of $1.9 million, or 1¢ per share, in the first quarter of 2013, mainly due to a temporary…
Denison’s Wheeler River set to grow
VANCOUVER — Uranium may be in the doldrums right now, but Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) Wheeler River uranium project in the Athabasca basin is nonetheless becoming one of the world’s best resource projects —…
Forum Uranium tests Athabasca ground
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy year for explorer Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; US-OTC: FDCFF), with a pair of drill programs on opposing margins of Saskatchewan’s prolific Athasbasca basin.
Forum returns promising results from Athabasca drills
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy start of the year for explorer Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; US-OTC: FDCFF) with a pair of drill programs on opposing margins of Saskatchewan’s prolific Athasbasca Basin.
Digging for diamonds
A roundup of the latest news from Canadian-listed diamond explorers, developers and miners. Afri-Can Marine Minerals Afri-Can Marine Minerals (TSXV: AFA) reported in January the results of a positive prefeasibility study…
Dominion Diamond banks on Ekati
It’s been one year since Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC) took over operations at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, and president and CEO Bob Gannicott says the company’s transition…