Iamgold to sell Niobec mine
President and CEO Steve Letwin of Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) told the Denver Gold Forum that he is confident the company can soon sell its Niobec mine in Quebec for $500 million after taxes.
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Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Sept.15/14 (with changes from Aug. 31/14).
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, September 23, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
Commentary: Rise and growth of gold ETFs
The last decade has been an eventful one for gold markets. We have seen a remarkable 12-year bull market, a shift in demand from the developed West to the rising East, and global central banks as net buyers of gold for the first time since…
Editorial: Gold in Colorado
This September’s twin gold conferences in Colorado in some ways mark a new era for gold miners, with a new-found humbleness and overall confidence in the industry’s fundamentals.
Fednav sends nickel through the Northwest Passage
On Sept. 19 the MV Nunavik embarked on a historic 29-day journey from Deception Bay in Quebec’s far north to deliver 21,000 tonnes of nickel concentrate to Bayuquan, in China’s Liaoning province.
Capstone tweaks Minto’s mine plan after permit delay
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) is modifying the mine plan at its Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon, after announcing that it had not received its amended water-use licence from the Yukon Water Board to pre-strip the…
Probe Mines brings ex-Barrick CEO on board
On Sept. 16, a day after Jamie Sokalsky stepped down as Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) president and CEO, came news of his first post-Barrick appointment: director and chairman of junior Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF).
US stocks rise, Sept.15-19
U.S. equities ended the trading week in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 292 points to end at 17,279.74, while the S&P 500 Index rose 25 points to 2,010.40. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 12 points to…
TSX Venture closes in the red, Sept. 15-19
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite hit a four-week low during the trading period, losing 32.8 points before finishing the week at 955.06 points. Commodity futures struggled, with precious and base-metal contracts on the decline. Meanwhile, the…
TSX struggles, Sept. 15-19
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 266.23 points, or 1.71% to 15,265.35, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index plunged 7.7%, or 67.86 points, to finish the week at 813.12. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index…
Santacruz lands US$28.4M deal to fund second mine
Santacruz Silver Mining (TSXV: SCZ) has signed a US$28.4-million prepaid silver-purchase agreement to help fund its San Felipe silver-lead-zinc project in Sonora state, Mexico.