Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…
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Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the giant Gaspé copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency…
Beaver Creek: American West Metals’ Squall discovery spurs new copper camp hopes in Nunavut
Beaver Creek, Colo. – American West Metals (ASX: AW1; US-OTC: AWMLF) has identified a new copper zone, Squall, at its Storm copper project, where early visual indicators point to strong…
AngloGold Ashanti to buy Centamin for US$2.5 billion
Deal hands AngloGold Egypt’s largest and first modern gold mine, and will make it the world’s no.4 producer of the precious metal.
Site visit: Equinox Gold’s newest mine to launch it into the 1M oz per year club
GERALDTON, ONT. — Through the slight haze of dust kicked up by a passing haul truck loaded with ore at Equinox Gold’s (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) Greenstone mine, visitors can…
Canada Nickel may net US$500M Ottawa loan for giant Crawford project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) says a Canadian government agency might loan it US$500 million for its Crawford project in northern Ontario, which could become the world’s largest nickel-cobalt…
JV Article: Sandvik’s versatile jumbo bolter improves mining operations at KGHM’s Victoria project
In June, DMC Mining Services started trialing Sandvik’s DD422i two-boom dual controls jumbo bolter at KGHM’s Victoria nickel-copper project in Ontario, 35 km west of Sudbury. The multi-purpose diesel-powered jumbo…
Consolidation in Western Australian gold sector to continue amid record prices
KALGOORLIE, WA — Record gold prices have set off a flurry of mergers and acquisitions over the past year in the Western Australian gold sector, with further consolidation still ahead,…
Agnico, Barrick dominate top Canadian miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), which tops our list of Canadian miners by market value at $51.4 billion in late July, runs the country’s biggest gold mines by output:…
Boyd, Roosen, Quartermain: It takes grit, invention, luck to make the big time
Perseverance, a focus on geology and financial discipline and some good breaks are what’s needed to make a mining titan, some of the industry’s leaders told a conference put on…
Agnico expands First Nordic stake to 13%
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Canada’s largest miner by market value, is investing $8.2 million to advance First Nordic Metals‘s (TSX-V: FNM) Oijärvi gold project that Agnico used…
Gold, copper equities to rise, metals flat: analysts
Stocks in certain gold and copper producers are expected to gain this year even as a surge in the metals’ prices subsides, BMO Capital Markets says. Investors may seek attractive…