Moody’s cuts metals price calls amid slowing global growth
Credit rating firm Moody’s Investors Service has pared down its 12-month price outlook for a basket of metals and mining commodities, citing a global economic…
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Antofagasta opens remote operations centre at Centinela mine
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has opened a $66-million integrated remote operations centre (IROC) for its Centinela copper mine in the country’s north. The centre…
Market volatility to hit Q1 earnings for base metals miners
Despite higher commodity prices, base metal miners are likely to take an earnings hit in the first quarter of the year, as volatile price actions…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines
The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too. BEAR CREEK MINING…
RANKED: World’s top 10 copper mining projects – 2022
Copper, often called the bellwether metal as a barometer of global economic health, is a metal vital to the green energy transition. Demand has been…
AME Roundup: B.C. mining production achieves record in 2021
The Association of Mineral Exploration’s annual Roundup event kicked off this week, providing the first opportunity for industry delegates to mingle in person at an…
BMO’s Colin Hamilton looks at the year ahead
As a commodities analyst for BMO Capital Markets, Colin Hamilton covers base metals, bulk commodities, precious metals and battery raw materials. He also focuses on…
Exploration Projects to Watch Snapshot: Eight companies on the lookout for new deposits
Mining companies are scouring the globe to find new deposits and future mines. Here’s a list of eight companies hunting for base and precious metals…
US markets fall, Nov. 8-12
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 227.64 points or 0.63% to finish the Nov. 8-12 trading week at 36,100.31 and the S&P 500 dropped 14.68…
JV Article: Equity Metals plans to more than double existing resource for Silver Queen in B.C.
Equity Metals (TSXV: EQTY; US-OTC: EQMEF) is an exploration company with precious metal and diamond projects in B.C. and the Northwest Territories. The Canadian junior is…
Top Ten U.S. miners
Mining in the United States has played a significant role in the country’s development. The Northern Miner presents its annual top-ten list of the largest U.S.-based mining…
Western Uranium to restart Sunday mine complex
Easing Covid-19 risks and improved uranium fundamentals have prompted Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) to pull the trigger on a restart of…