Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012 but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8 million write-down on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico.
Last month Scotiabank’s Vice President of Economics and Commodity Market Specialist, Patricia Mohr, received the 2012 Metal Bulletin Apex awards for the top gold and overall precious metals price forecasts. Mohr received top honors for her…
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by large-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) looking all but wrapped up, it seems an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
VANCOUVER – With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission to…
Despite several mill maintenance shutdowns last year and difficulties with variability in ore hardness and fragmentation entering the SAG mill from the operation’s different open-pit locations, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) posted gross…
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based copper producer Capstone Mining (CR-T) continues to be one of the strong stories in mid-tier base metal production. The company released its annual results on March 13, which underline a strong…
VANCOUVER – In the end, predictions of a bidding war for Inmet Mining (IMN-T) ended up being much ado about nothing. Instead, the lack of rival bids for a company with a massive, undeveloped copper project in Panama ended up an apt…
VANCOUVER — A 10,000-metre drill program at the Condor copper-gold project in southeast Ecuador is returning long, mineralized intercepts for Ecuador Gold and Copper (EGX-V).
U.S. stocks ended in positive territory during the March 4–8 trading week, helped by strong jobs data.
VANCOUVER — Despite a 16% year-on-year jump in copper production Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) told a familiar story during an annual report on its 2012 fiscal year: falling average realized copper prices and rising…
Shares of Ivanplats (IVP-T) began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2012, but the company, founded by Singapore-based mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland, has been exploring in Africa since 1994. Today Ivanplats has discoveries…
First the good news: Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) says it has enough cash to finish building its recently acquired Mount Milligan copper-gold mine project near Prince George, B.C., and that the project remains on target for start-up in…
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