VANCOUVER — Low crude oil prices have driven market valuations in the energy industry to historic lows, and Suncor Energy (TSX: SU; NYSE: SU) is hoping to take advantage of the downcycle with a hostile bid for Canadian Oil Sands…
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is highlighting the potential at Éléonore in northern Quebec, despite recently lowering the gold mine’s 2015 production forecast, partly due to higher-than-expected mining dilution.
Production at Mason Graphite’s (TSXV: LLG; US-OTC: MGPHF) potentially high-margin Lac Guéret graphite project in northeastern Quebec could start as early as 2017.
A pooled investment fund associated with billionaire mining magnate Thomas Kaplan — an Oxford-educated historian, who spends much of his spare time trying to save the world’s big cats from extinction — has become the latest…
Sinohydro, one of China’s oldest state-owned enterprises set up shortly after chairman Mao Zedong’s Communist party swept to power in 1949, says it is “willing and ready” to become an equity shareholder in Oceanic Iron…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell for the second week, losing nearly 3%, or 15.94 points, en route to a 525.56-point close. The U.S. Labor Department reported surprisingly poor economic data, as the economy added just 142,000 workers…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index had a turbulent week, falling 0.3% to 13,339.74, despite cutting some of its earlier losses, after positive Canadian data. The country’s gross domestic product number for July came in at 0.3%, after two…
With Canadians looking ahead to a federal election on Oct. 19, The Northern Miner submitted mining-related questions to the leaders of the four major political parties running across Canada. The following are the answers from the Liberal Party…
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) historical dataset for the former Sigma-Lamaque gold mines — in the town of Val-d’Or, Que. — has been cast open to the masses, and the rush is on for…
The mining sector is facing a Darwinian moment, delegates at the first annual Technology and Innovation in Mining conference in Toronto heard in September.
VANCOUVER — Any investor on the lookout for a junior explorer offering base and precious metal exposure via emerging in-situ metal resources and strategic land positions, might take a second glance at Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR;…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated increasing interest rates later this year, if the labour market improves and inflation returns to 2%. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)…
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