Glencore offers to buy rest of PolyMet for US$71M
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has offered PolyMet Mining (TSX: POM; NYSE: PLM) to buy the company’s shares it does not already own…
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Glencore ups stake in Polymet to 82% through US$195M rights offering
PolyMet Mining (TSX: POM) says it has completed one of the largest rights offering on the market. Under the offering, PolyMet shareholders had the right…
Battery metal binge outweighs cost hikes at PolyMet copper-nickel project in Minnesota
Surging demand for battery metals is offsetting increased costs to build PolyMet Mining’s (TSX: POM) copper-nickel project in northeastern Minnesota, according to new estimates. Developing…
EPA deals fresh blow to PolyMet’s US$1B copper-nickel mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dealt a fresh blow to PolyMet Mining’s (TSX: POM) plans to build an open pit copper-nickel mine in…
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…
Top-10 base metals, uranium explorers and developers in Canada
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10 base metal and uranium juniors — with no production, and which are not a royalty…
Top 10 Canada-based juniors with substantial assets in the US
Canadian junior companies have a large presence south of the border. The Northern Miner presents its top-10 list of the biggest Canada-based juniors with substantial…
TSX posts marginal gains, Dec. 27-29
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.27% on a shortened trading week to 16,209.10.The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.82% to 72.31 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold…
US equities pick up steam, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
Employment data from the U.S. Labor Department showing that 142,000 new non-farm jobs were created in September — far less than the 203,000 forecast — furthered expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would delay raising interest…
TSX slips again, June 15-19
Canada’s benchmark index dropped 0.6% to finish at 14,653.12, amidst fears that Greece could default on its debt, and lower-than-expected Canadian retail sales in April. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 4%…
U.S. indexes down third week in a row, March 9-13
U.S. stocks posted losses for the third straight week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.6% lower at 17,749.31 and the S&P 500 Index closing at 2,053.40, a 0.9% drop. Disappointing economic data from China, a stronger U.S….
U.S. markets, July 1-5
U.S. markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday on July 4, but when they reopened on Friday, strong jobs data helped push the S&P 500 Index above its 50-day moving average for the first time since June 19. The employment numbers…