Dominion Diamond forges ahead
Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) may have missed the Street’s expectations due to some accounting rules, but the company showed it is steadily restoring the prominence of Canada’s first diamond mine: Ekati.
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Lake Shore rises on strong Q1 production
Shares in Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) rose after the Timmins, Ont.-focused gold firm posted another strong quarter after its Bell Creek mill expansion late last year.
Goldcorp suspends ops at Los Filos as negotiations break down
VANCOUVER — One of the trickier elements for mining companies in Mexico involves negotiations over land use with communities that fall under Mexico’s National Agrarian Registry ejido system, and even large-scale miners like Goldcorp…
Denison’s drills hit new high-grade zone at Wheeler River
VANCOUVER — Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) Wheeler River property is already home to the high-grade and still-growing Phoenix deposit, which has 52.3 million indicated lb. uranium oxide (U3O8) at an average grade of 15.6%….
AuRico impresses with solid production numbers
AuRico Gold (TSX: AUG; NYSE: AUQ) couldn’t wait to show the market its production results.
Kinross cuts Tasiast expansion costs
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has slashed the projected start-up costs of a mill expansion project at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania by 41% to US$1.6 billion, as shown in a new feasibility study, but intends to wait until 2015 before…
Augusta’s Clausen on Hudbay bid, other suitors
Nine interested parties — including a number of “significant industry players” — have signed confidentiality agreements to review the Rosemont copper project in Arizona, Augusta Resource (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) says.
Turquoise Hill, Rio Tinto expect a delay in Oyu Tolgoi’s financing
Turquoise Hill Resources’ (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) CEO Kay Priestly says “good progress continues to be made” with the Mongolian government to resolve outstanding shareholder issues at the company’s 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi…
Impressive production from Hochschild
Hochschild Mining (LON: HOC) is dealing with weaker commodity prices the old fashion way: offset lower sales prices with more production.
Glencore Xstrata to buy Caracal Energy
Just a day after the ink dried on Glencore Xstrata’s (LSE: GLEN) all-cash agreement to sell its Las Bambas copper project in Peru to a Chinese consortium for nearly US$6 billion, the Swiss-based commodities giant announced a US$1.35…
TSX and TSX Venture exchange warrants
The following warrants of mining-related stocks are now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange:
Japan approves pro-nuclear energy plan
Visibility has improved on the re-start of nuclear reactors in Japan, after the island nation’s Cabinet approved a new Energy Plan on April 10.