U.S. Silica Holdings (NYSE: SLCA), like many other U.S.-based frac sand miners, is boosting its production capacity to meet the growing demand for this special type of sand used in oil and gas drilling.
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA — When it comes to open-pit mining, having more than 100 million tonnes of overburden sitting on top of your deposit is typically a situation best avoided, but for junior Victory Nickel (TSX: NI; US-OTC: VNCKF)…
VANCOUVER — Horizontal drilling and fracturing technology have unlocked vast reservoirs of oil and gas from shale basins across North America. The continent hosts 67 billion barrels of technically recoverable shale oil and 1,238 trillion…
A three-year mine plan for fiscal years 2015–17 has Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) focusing on grade over tonnage and margin over production.
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) is warning that it may temporarily idle its Pinnacle coal mine in Pineville, W.Va., if market conditions do not improve.
Jackie Przybylowski, an analyst at Desjardins Capital Markets, has axed her price target on New Millennium Iron to 40¢ from 70¢ previously, noting the company’s management hinted at possible financing needs and delays in its…
Two years ago, drilling at the Gahcho Kué project owned by De Beers Canada and Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV; NYSE-MKT: MDM) confirmed that the Tuzo Deep diamond-bearing kimberlite deposit was open at a depth below 564 metres….
After another disappointing fiscal year, Labrador Iron Mines (TSX: LIM; US-OTC: LBRMF) says it will not restart mining at its operations in the Labrador Trough this coming year partly due to weak iron-ore prices, and will instead refocus…
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has decided not to increase its ownership in the Twin Metals joint-venture project with Duluth Metals (TSX: DM; US-OTC: DULMF), just weeks before the scheduled completion of a prefeasibility study on the large…
Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) is moving in the right direction. The Toronto-based gold miner posted record quarterly and six-month production in the second quarter and first half of 2014, and expects to reach the top end of its…
Focus Ventures’ (TSXV: FCV) Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru is shaping up quickly: the junior expects to release a maiden resource estimate in the third quarter, less than six months after announcing its first drill results…
Shares in little known junior explorer Aura Silver Resources (TSXV: AUU; US-OTC: AUSVF) have been on the rise since Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM; NYSE:AEM) agreed to option into its 100%-owned Greyhound gold-silver project in Nunavut.
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