US markets mixed, April 26-30
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.50% to finish the week at 33,874.85 and the S&P 500 rose 0.02% to 4,181.17. Spot gold declined by US$7.80 per oz., or 0.44%,…
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TSX slightly up, April 26-30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.03% to 19,108.33 during the April 26-30 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index slipped 3.78% to 106.88, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
Two charts show why investors are right to love mining streaming companies
Despite keen investor interest, streaming and royalty deals still only make up a fraction of overall debt and equity financing in the mining industry, accounting for just 1%–3% from 2017…
Chile’s Pampa Camarones copper mine is up for sale
Chilean private equity fund Minería Activa has put up for sale its Pampa Camarones copper mine in the country’s far north amid an ongoing copper price rally that saw the…
Deep-sea mining tests resume as lost robot rescued
Belgium’s Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot…
Copper breaches $10,000 per tonne and nears record high price
Copper hit US$10,008 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange today, nearing the record inter-day high of US$10,204 per tonne set in February 2011. “It’s a great time to be…
Ero Copper reports new copper zone below Vermelhos mine in Brazil
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO) says it has identified a new zone of mineralization at its Vermelhos project, an underground mine under development in Brazil and part of the company’s MCSA…
Africa Snapshot: Eight companies seeking opportunities
Be it gold, copper or uranium, the African continent has powerful resources for mining. And there are several industry-friendly governments that are ready to secure their futures with new resource…
Northern Dynasty releases ESG for Pebble project
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE:NAK), the company behind the controversial Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in Alaska, has released an environmental, social and governance (ESG) report for the proposed mine, as…
Report looks at recycling battery metals to meet rising demand
A new report suggests that recycled metals could meet a significant part of the rising demand from electric vehicles (EVs), decreasing some of the need for new mine supply. The…
Callinex intersects high-grade copper at Rainbow deposit
A step-out drill hole at Callinex Mines’ (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) Rainbow deposit in Manitoba returned 7.55 metres grading 4.13% copper, 0.64 gram gold per tonne, 11.08 grams silver per…
Tier One Silver on cusp of drilling Curibaya in Peru
In October, Auryn Resources was reorganized and split into three separate companies — Canada focused Fury Gold Mines (TSX: FURY NYSE-AM: FURY) and Peru-focused Sombrero Resources and Tier One Silver….