With US$99.2 million in cash on its balance sheet, including proceeds from a US$50-million loan received in June, Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) says it is all cashed up to start full production at its Escobal silver mine in…
VANCOUVER — Just over a year ago Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) president and CEO Joseph Conway confidently outlined a newly minted optimization plan at the company’s San Dimas underground silver-gold mine along the…
In early August the price for copper hit US$3.04 per lb. and seemed to be heading into a tailspin. But after several days, the price stabilized and reached a US$3.32 high before closing at US$3.31 per lb. What is going on?
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) had a tough second quarter, with adjusted earnings plunging below analysts’ expectations due to lower gold and silver prices.
Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) aluminum subsidiary Rio Tinto Alcan is closing its aluminum smelter in Shawinigan, Que., in two quick stages so that it can remove 100,000 tonnes per year of aluminum smelting capacity by the end of this…
Higher-than-expected sales and improved realized prices for molybdenum drove up Thompson Creek Metals’ (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) second-quarter results, and the company expects to start up its mill at Mt. Milligan any moment.
Shares of Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; NYSE-MKT: ANV) took a tumble after the company announced a construction delay and unremarkable earnings.
Azarga Resources, a Hong Kong-based private uranium investment firm founded by mining executive Andrew Molyneux, has bought 17.5% of Powertech Uranium’s (TSX: PWE; US-OTC: PWURF) outstanding shares and agreed to take a 60% stake in the…
There are two ways to look at the current rough conditions in the mining equity markets: investors can believe in the “sky is falling” scenario and stay clear for an indeterminate period of time, or they can see present conditions…
VANCOUVER — It has become a game of margins for Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC). A steep drop in gold prices has sent the company scrambling to identify cost-saving measures, while the ill-fated, US$7.1-billion acquisition of Red Back…
The old Sleeper Pit has been hiding more gold than Paramount Gold and Silver (TSX: PZG; NYSE-MKT: PZG) realized.
Commercial production began in April at OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC) Didipio mine in the Philippines, and in the second quarter the mine churned out 13,676 oz. gold and 5,710 tonnes copper. For the first six months of the year Didipio’s…
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