Suppliers news: Gowlings and WLG to join forces
Canadian legal firm Gowlings and U.K-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. (WLG) plan to mergee. The combined company is set to launch in January 2016, and will be branded Gowling WLG.
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Suppliers news: Safety, productivity to drive vehicle investments at North American mines: Timetric
A survey of 100 mine managers shows firms in North America are planning to invest in vehicle-related technologies.
Suppliers news: Wolseley Industrial shakes things up
Wolseley Industrial Canada (WIC) has had a busy summer, announcing in July that it has acquired QIP Equipment and sold a business division to Emco.
Suppliers news: DRA to design ship-mounted plant, partners with BGC in Australia
Engineering and project delivery firm DRA has signed a contract to carry out the detail design of a ship-mounted processing plant for Nautilus Minerals’ (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NUSMF) Solwara 1 seafloor copper-gold project, off the coast…
Facts ‘n’ figures – Potash bid tops Q2 M&A activity: KPMG report
The following is an edited excerpt from KPMG’s Mining M&A Quarterly Newsletter. For more information and to see the full report visit www.kpmg.com
Editorial: Do FIFO operations aggravate mental health problems?
Worldwide, Western Australia could be considered ground zero for fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) mining operations, with thousands of mining personnel daily making the air commute from home in pleasant cities like Perth to work for long stretches at…
First Mining searches for the ‘sweet spot’
Newly listed First Mining Finance (TSXV: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) is on a mission to secure quality assets at cheap prices.
US stocks retreat, Aug.3-7
Major U.S. indexes tumbled in August after a decent jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates as soon as next month. The S&P 500 Index fell 1.3% to 2,077.57, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.8% to…
TSX ends lower, Aug. 3-7
West Texas Intermediate crude finished at US$43.84 per barrel — marking the sixth weekly drop in oil prices — but a bounce in Canadian exports in June injected a sliver of optimism into the prevailing doom and gloom about the…
Barrick ‘all but assured’ to meet debt target, Canaccord says
VANCOUVER — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) appears on track to achieve a US$3-billion debt reduction target this year after a few key asset sales, a streaming agreement and a commitment to cutting capital spending across the…
Ur-Energy churns out a profit, defying weak uranium market
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) produced its first net profit during the quarter ended June 2015 at its Lost Creek in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium facility in Wyoming, after bringing the mine online in August 2013.
BMO sees ‘better times ahead’ for Primero Mining
VANCOUVER — Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) is a favoured mid-tier gold producer amongst analysts, and it isn’t hard to see why after a strong second quarter, marked by competitive operating costs and signs of…