Rio Tinto green-lights A-21 pipe at Diavik
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has approved the development of a US$350-million A-21 kimberlite pipe at its 60%-owned Diavik mine, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.
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NuLegacy explores Iceberg in Nevada
NuLegacy Gold (TSXV: NUG; US-OTC: NULGF) may be onto something at its Iceberg gold deposit on the Red Hill project in Nevada’s famed Cortez gold trend.
Fission’s McElroy discusses 2014 progress at PLS
VANCOUVER — Explorer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has been one of the few juniors that has kept a steady drilling rate over the past two years despite tough capital markets. The company’s Patterson Lake South (PLS)…
Visible Gold follows the yellow brick road
Sometimes the cleverest path is to follow someone else’s road.
Lundin hits commercial production at Eagle
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN; US-OTC: LUNMF) now has another commercial mine in its growing roster of operations.
Eastmain teams with Darnley Bay at Lac Lessard
Last year Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) surveyed its wholly owned Lac Lessard property in the James Bay region of northern Quebec using a combined airborne magnetic and electromagnetic VTEM system that identified 10 highly…
CIBC slashes platinum forecast
An expected surge in the platinum price failed to materialize in 2014 because of a strong U.S. dollar and weak South African rand, say mining analysts with CIBC World Markets, who are slashing their platinum price forecast for 2015.
Goldspike drills high-grade zinc at Lone Mountain in Nevada
Bruce Durham initially set up Goldspike Exploration (TSXV: GSE) to focus on early stage projects in the Yukon’s White Gold district, and the company went public in August 2011.
Grant Thornton: M&A should double in value in 2014
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the mining sector should double in value this year compared to 2013, were deal volumes fell short of $90 billion, according to a new report by Grant Thornton.
Commentary: Australia, its economy and mining
You can expect a salary of A$150,000 or more as a truck driver at a remote iron ore project in Australia. The country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the economic boom in China, having grown continuously for more than two decades….
Canadian gov’t bankrolls Women in Mining initiative
Status of Women Canada has pledged $250,000 to fund a new project designed to get more women employed in the mining industry.
Editorial: Iron ore prices – Where’s the bottom?
As the daylight hours shorten and winter chill takes hold of the iron ore mines and surrounding communities in the Labrador Trough, it’s as good a symbol as any of the deep freeze that is engulfing the global iron ore market, as spot…