Q&A: Why diamond stocks haven’t lost their shine
After a 12-15% decline in rough diamond prices last year, 2016 has seen a stronger start to the year. Even so, Edward Sterck, Director of Equity Research, Metals and Mining…
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Intrepid closes West facility amid weak potash prices
Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI) is temporarily shutting its largest potash mine amid weak fundamentals, after swinging into a loss in the first quarter. On May 9, the company posted an…
Wall Street slips, May 2–6
U.S. indexes continued in negative territory amid lower oil prices and a weak jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped nearly 0.2% to 17,740.63, while the S&P 500 Index…
US mining engineer graduate numbers up 20%
In 2015, a total 427 students graduated with mining engineering degrees from U.S. mining schools, according to the SME Guide to Minerals and Materials Schools. The number includes undergraduate, masters…
Premier Gold invests in IDM Mining
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) expects to be in production this year at its 40%-owned South Arturo gold project in Nevada, but is looking for investment opportunities beyond its project pipeline…
McEwen buys claims near El Gallo
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is acquiring claims in Mexico — 10 km from the company’s El Gallo mine in Sinaloa state — that it believes could extend the…
Lead and zinc demand set to rise strongly in 2016, says ILZSG
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG), which held its spring meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 27. For lead, the ILZSG…
Teck’s Q1 profit beats expectations
Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) tallied a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, as it mitigated lower commodity prices with deep cost cuts. Adjusted first-quarter profit came in at $18 million, or 3¢…
Newmont has profitable Q1, updates Batu Hijau’s status
VANCOUVER — Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) has tabled a first quarter highlighted by adjusted earnings of US34¢ per share and free cash flow of US$227 million. First-quarter earnings came in at US$182…
Brazil Resources completes maiden resource on Island Mountain
Brazil Resources (TSXV: BRI; US-OTC: BRIZF) hasn’t wasted any time since acquiring the Whistler project last year from prospect generator Kiska Metals Corp. (TSXV: KSK) in an all-share deal worth…
Warke discusses NewCastle-Catalyst deal
VANCOUVER — The proposed merger of juniors NewCastle Gold (TSXV: NCA; US-OTC: CTMQF) and Catalyst Copper (TSXV: CCY; US-OTC: CATXF) is small in terms of cash and asset valuation, but the dealmakers see NewCastle’s past-producing Castle Mountain gold…
Pershing Gold’s Relief Canyon nears production
Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) is closer to turning the past-producing Relief Canyon heap-leach gold mine in Nevada into one of the newest producers in the Silver state. “This is not an…