Senior social and economic scientist Stephen Roberts, from the independent mineral-consultation firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat, has been invited by the Nigerian government to present ideas for resolvi…
Mongolia-focused mineral company Red Hill Energy (RH-V, RHFFF-O) has hired Minarco-Mine- Consult of Sydney, Australia, to produce a prefeasibility study for the company’s Ulaan Ovoo coal project in no…
Baffinland Iron Mines (BIM-T, BIMGF-O) has hired AMEC and Aker Solutions to help with the development of its Mary River project on Baffin Island, Nunavut.
Solex Resources (SOX-V) has enlisted SGS Minerals’ metallurgical group to produce a bulk metallurgical test for the company’s Macusani South uranium project in Peru.
It was nothing short of a bloodbath. The S&PTSX Composite Index crashed 754.23 points, or 5.3%, to 13,712.8 during the July 1-7 trading session, while the Capped Metals and Mining Index fell 94.28…
The surging oil price continued to weigh on equities during the July 1-7 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 118 points, or 1%, to 11,232; the S&P 500 Index fell 28 points, o…
The week ended July 5, the 27th trading week of 2008, saw two very bad ideas come to the fore in Canada.
In a recent study, Halifax, N. S.-based Metals Economics Group (MEG) concludes that copper reserves in the ground maintain a comfortable cushion of about 30 years’ production. However, two potential p…
VANCOUVER — A long, well-mineralized intercept from its Livengood gold project in Alaska had International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) up as much as 35% in recent trading.
Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources at its Detour Lake project, in northern Ontario, to more than 10 million oz. gold.
First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O)wants to put market questions around its Lockerby nickel mine, in Ontario’s Sudbury basin, to bed.
SITE VISIT CALAMA, CHILE — It’s hard to wrap your head around the monstrosity of the Chuquicamata open-pit copper mine — affectionately known as “Chuqui”…
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