TSX falls, Oct. 3-7
Canada’s benchmark index fell ahead of the Thanksgiving long weekend, dropping 1.08% to 14,566.26, despite positive jobs data. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slumped 5.5% to 61.45, while the S&P/TSX…
South America
Productivity, cost concerns weigh on Chile’s miners
Productivity concerns, high costs and unmet landowner expectations are some of the problems foreign mining companies face in Chile — a country responsible for a third of the world’s copper…
Silver Wheaton turns to internal growth
VANCOUVER — Industry stalwart Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past decade. The pioneer of providing stream financing has mobilized over US$8 billion in…
TNM Panel: Industry leaders are ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Argentina
Diverse industry leaders shared their insights on Argentina’s renewed ties with the mining industry during a panel discussion, moderated by Trish Saywell, The Northern Miner’s senior staff writer, at the…
Editorial: Colombians reject peace deal, Uribe re-emerges as a force
On Oct. 2, Colombian voters in a national referendum narrowly defeated a peace agreement negotiated between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, throwing the…
Friedland a skeptic on lithium, rare earths
Robert Friedland, a renowned mining financier and promoter, took the stage at the recent Mines and Money Americas conference in Toronto to highlight the need for platinum and copper, as…
Editorial: Gold miners find room to breathe
With gold prices holding steady for months above US$1,300 per oz., and years of painful cost-cutting and writedowns now firmly in the past, the mood of gold miners in attendance…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Playing high stakes poker for Fruta del Norte
The following is the second of two parts of the abridged first chapter of an upcoming memoir entitled “The Last Great Adventure,” for which any profits will go to the…
Ross Beaty and Thomas Kaplan discuss Argentina, Macri
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Founder and chairman of Pan American Silver (TSX: PAA; NASDAQ: PAAS) Ross Beaty recently met with Mauricio Macri, the president of Argentina, and discussed the prospects of the…
Wall Street ends in the red, Sept. 6-9
U.S. equities slipped in September, as higher oil prices failed to offset investor concerns over the Federal Reserve’s next move. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.2% to finish at…
Editorial: Faulty design behind Samarco tailings disaster
A review panel tasked with determining the cause of the Samarco tailings disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10 months ago has released its report on the immediate causes of the…
Barrick takes fresh look at Pascua-Lama
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX: NYSE: ABX) has rehired one of its former executives and a seasoned mine builder to evaluate options for a more modest, scalable starter project that could…