Semafo amends bid for Orbis Gold
Semafo (TSX: SMF) has amended its bid for 100% of Orbis Gold (ASX: OBS) to A$0.65 per share from its proposal on Oct. 12 of between A$0.62 and A$0.65 per share in a deal now worth A$163.9 million (US$143 million).
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ICSG forecasts copper surplus in 2015
After five years in a row of deficits, the copper market should show a production surplus in 2015, according to The International Copper Study Group.
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Ivanhoe says most locals support Platreef
Should Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) cranks out its estimated 785,000 oz. platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold from the Platreef project in South Africa, the underground operation 280 km northeast of Johannesburg would be…
Kennady Diamonds loses altitude on Kelvin results
Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI; US-OTC: KDIAF) high-flying stock lost almost a third of its value in a single day on disappointing grades from a mini-bulk sample at its Kennady North diamond project in the Northwest Territories.
Editorial: Miners smile at falling oil prices
Mining companies struggling to cut cash costs have caught a welcome break in September and October, as global oil prices have fallen sharply to two-year lows.
Mkango climbs on Malawi’s REE potential
It’s a little unusual for a Canadian junior to skip a preliminary economic assessment and proceed to the prefeasibility stage, but that strategy seems to have worked for Calgary-based Mkango Resources (TSXV: MKA), judging by the…
Orbis Gold spurns Semafo’s advances
A day after the board of directors of Orbis Gold (ASX: OBS) rejected an unsolicited all-cash takeover offer made on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend from Montreal-based Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF), the Australian mining company released an…
Chilean court suspends El Morro project, again
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) and New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-MKT: NGD) are having an unlucky streak at their El Morro gold-copper project in northern Chile, where local officials have temporarily suspended development for the third time in three…
RB Energy halts production
Instead of heading toward full production in early 2015 at its Quebec Lithium mine, 60 km north of Val-d’Or, Que., RB Energy (TSX: RBI; US-OTC: RBEIF) is headed for a restructuring.
US markets struggle, Oct. 6-10
The S&P 500 Index posted its biggest weekly decline since March 2012, as anxiety about weak global economic growth in Europe and China and concerns about the winding down of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s bond-purchasing program drove…
TSX sinks on global economic fears, Oct. 6-10
Canada’s main stock index posted its biggest loss in more than a year as investors fretted about the state of the global economy, despite robust employment data.