At the end of August, Red Pine Exploration (TSXV: RPX; US-OTC: RDEXF) completed its earn-in for a 30% stake in the Wawa gold project, which hosts eight past-producing gold mines with average grades of 8.9 grams gold per tonne, 2 km southeast of…
VANCOUVER — Copper producers have seen margins come under pressure, as spot prices for the red metal hover near six-year lows well below the US$3 per lb. level over the medium-term. London-based Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is the latest miner to…
Expatriate salary benchmarks in Africa are trending downward with a 10% drop in base salaries over the past year, according to research by our firm Globe 24-7, an African-specialist human resources consultancy.
Less than two months after a prefeasibility study showed that Rambler Metals & Mining (TSXV: RAB; LSE:RMM) could extend the life of its underground Ming copper-gold mine in Newfoundland’s Baie Verte region from six to 21 years, the…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a journey of discovery and growth for partners Consolidated Woodjam Copper (TSXV: WCC) and Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) at their Woodjam copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry deposit, 45 km east of Williams Lake, B.C.,…
DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) has announced it is buying the intellectual property and manufacturing assets for the “OneStep” mining bolt from Hilti.
High demand pushed 1.4 million tonnes of road salt through the St. Lawrence Seaway between April 2 and July 31. That figure represents a 3% rise from 2014, which was an exceptional year for salt, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management…
In two separate deals, Finnish mining services provider Outotec (HEL: OTE1V) is buying Sudbury-based tailings management specialist Kovit Engineering and Biomin South Aftica for its gold processing technology.
Glencore’s surprise decision to cut back its copper production coupled with stronger-than-expected Chinese copper import data have had a salutary effect on copper prices, which jumped 5% on Sept. 8 to record their biggest one-day…
ELKO, NEVADA — Gold Standard Ventures’ (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) Railroad project is at the southern end of Nevada’s famous Carlin trend, but co-founder Luke Norman likes to first take visitors to a lookout at the northern…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index returned to negative territory during trading, as it dropped 3.06 points en route to a 552.61-point close.
Confirmation that Canada slipped into a narrow recession in the first half of the year (real gross domestic product contracted by 0.5% from April to June and by 0.8% from January to March), coupled with news that the unemployment rate in August…
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