U.S. markets gain during Aug. 4-8 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 957.58 points or 2.92%, to 33,761.05, and the S&P 500 climbed 134.96 points or 0.77% over the week to 4,280.15. The trading week’s top…
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TSX Venture edges higher over the Aug 8-12 trading session
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 2.5% or 16.32 points higher over the Aug. 8-12 trading session to end the week at 680.49. Toronto-based graphite junior Gratomic gained 122.2%, or…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week Aug 4-12
Our weekly TNM Drill Down feature focuses on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company…
The View from England: Unsighted, so expect the unexpected
Only newsletter writers and commodity analysts see the future with perfect clarity, the rest of us must muddle along with probabilities and best guesses. A strategist was quoted recently in…
Lower grades at Gibraltar mine dent Taseko Mines results
Canada’s Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-AM: TGB; LSE: TKO) saw its finances shaken in the second quarter of the year due to lower mined grades at its 75%-owned Gibraltar open…
Coeur Mining downgraded on heightened balance sheet risk
Despite Coeur Mining (TSX: CDE) reporting June-quarter production and costs mainly in line with Bay Street estimates, at least one analyst has downgraded the issuer while flagging concern over perceived…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week July 29-Aug 4
TNM Drill Down, released every Monday, focuses on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence . Australia’s…
Uranium Energy sweetens bid for UEX
U.S.-based Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AM: UEC) has trumped Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML) competing bid for Canada’s UEX Corp. (TSX: UEX) after sweetening its original bid. The revised offer gives each…
Hundreds of new mines required to meet 2030 battery metals demand, finds IEA report
Global battery and minerals supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030, a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found. In…
Royal Gold ups royalty on Cortez gold complex in Nevada in US$525M deal
Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD; LSE: 0KXS) announced on Tuesday a US$525-million acquisition of a sliding-scale gross royalty on an area including the Cortez mine and Fourmile project in Nevada from…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week July 22-29
TNM Drill Down, released every Monday, focuses on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as our sister company Mining Intelligence identifies. This week’s…
Denison and Uranium Energy fight over explorer UEX
Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE: UEC) announced overnight that it had received a competing offer to acquire uranium exploration outfit UEX Corporation (TSX: UEX) and named Denison Mines (TSX: DML) as…