Russia and CIS

TSX surges, June 2-6

The Toronto stock market had a strong run during the trading week, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 234.74 points to 14,838.90, as investors digested the positive U.S. employment data while shrugging off the lacklustre Canadian jobs…


Centerra threatens to shut down Kumtor

Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) said that it would start shutting down its Kumtor gold operation in Kyrgyzstan if it doesn’t receive approval for its 2014 mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.



Inmet alumnus Tilk to replace Doyle as PotashCorp CEO

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) has surprised analysts by revealing that its long-time president and CEO Bill Doyle will be replaced in July by mining veteran Jochen Tilk, who apparently has no potash or fertilizer…



Polyus hit by lower gold prices

Even the Russians are feeling the bite of a bitter gold market. The country’s biggest gold producer Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG; US-OTC: OPYGY) reported that revenues were off 9% for the quarter, compared to the same period last year.


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PwC gold study charts new ground

A study on the direct economic impact of gold — commissioned by the World Gold Council — gathers, for the first time, all the evidence of the precious metal’s economic and fiscal contribution, author PricewaterhouseCoopers…


Boart Longyear CEO Richard O'Brien.

Boart Longyear weathers downturn

When Richard O’Brien left his post as CEO of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NMC) in December 2012, after five years in the job and seven at the company, he wasn’t ready to “hang up his pick” just yet.


Inside the processing facilities at Centerra's Kuptor mine in Kyrgyzstan. Source: Centerra

Centerra’s compromise on Kumtor lifts political overhang

Facing penalties of US$467 million for alleged environmental damages at its Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan and a state commission report issued last year that concluded Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) should pay more to operate the mine, the…


Moroccan state-owned phosphate producer Office Chrifien des Phosphates' Merah-Lahrach washing plant near Khouribga, Morocco. Source: OCP

Western phosphate producers look east for growth

AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…


Cameco's McArthur River uranium mine located in northern Saskatchewan.  Source: Cameco

Final HEU shipment a catalyst for uranium industry

The final shipment of highly enriched uranium (HEU) to the U.S. from nuclear disarmament and military stockpiles in Russia under the 1993 Megatons to Megawatts agreement left St. Petersburg on Aug. 21, and analysts believe the end of the…



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