U.S. stocks climbed on the back of strong housing figures for September; better-than-expected earnings from major companies like eBay, Microsoft and Amazon; and signs that the European Central Bank would consider more stimulus measures to boost…
Star Mountain Resources (US-OTC: SMRS) is acquiring a past-producing zinc mine and concentrator in New York state, which the company says will catapult it from explorer to producer in less than a year.
NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) is standing at a crossroads, after fulfilling its 70% earn-in on the property in Nevada that hosts its flagship Iceberg gold deposit.
Employment data from the U.S. Labor Department showing that 142,000 new non-farm jobs were created in September — far less than the 203,000 forecast — furthered expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would delay raising interest…
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)…
Listening to the CEOs of the world’s largest gold miners at this year’s annual Denver Gold Forum in September, you couldn’t help but notice they all sang off the same songsheet, despite the challenges of their individual…
VANCOUVER — Attending the Coal Association of Canada’s annual gathering here in downtown Vancouver, it’s clear it’s a pretty terrible time to be in the coal business, and that goes for both the metallurgical (met or…
VANCOUVER — Copper producers have seen margins come under pressure, as spot prices for the red metal hover near six-year lows well below the US$3 per lb. level over the medium-term. London-based Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is the latest miner to…
VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is taking a new approach to exploration at its past-producing Hasaga gold property in the prolific Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, and Ewan Downie, president and…
ELKO, NEVADA — Gold Standard Ventures’ (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) Railroad project is at the southern end of Nevada’s famous Carlin trend, but co-founder Luke Norman likes to first take visitors to a lookout at the northern…
High demand pushed 1.4 million tonnes of road salt through the St. Lawrence Seaway between April 2 and July 31. That figure represents a 3% rise from 2014, which was an exceptional year for salt, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a rough run for gold equities over the past few years, but recent performances by major and intermediate producers seem to hint at an industry that’s getting its balance sheets and cost structures in…
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