Record production for Lake Shore Gold
It was a record breaking year for Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE: LSG) and the market finally seems to be taking notice.
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More stellar results for Nevsun
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE: NSU) continues to prove up the mineral potential of Eritrea.
Allied Nevada clears out worrisome covenants
Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; NYSE-MKT: ANV) has gained some wriggle room as it pushes into the new year with a lofty plan to expand its flagship Hycroft mine in Nevada.
Macquarie reviews 2013 metal prices
Analysts at Macquarie Commodities Research in London and Beijing have totted-up the final numbers for 2013 and conclude in a research note published Jan. 2 that of all the precious and base metals, palladium posted the largest year-on-year…
Banro pours first gold at Namoya
Despite delays and two separate downward revisions to its gold production target at Namoya this year, Banro Corp. (TSX: BAA; NYSE: BAA) managed to pour the first gold at its newest mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Dec. 30.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, December 24, 2013Precious MetalsPrice…
Editorial: Silvercorp’s short-seller headache
The murky and often frivolous world of financial blogs showed its serious side in mid-December.
Will private equity save the mining sector?
With the mining sector in its third year of a painful downturn, a collective realization is setting in that business as usual isn’t going to cut it anymore.
Interview: Fission’s Ross McElroy on the PLS uranium discovery
Last week, we awarded our “Mining Persons of the Year” for 2013 to Fission Uranium (TSXV-FCU) president and COO Ross McElroy and chairman and CEO Dev Randhawa. This week we interview McElroy, and next week, Randhawa, on their careers, Fission…
U.S. markets, Dec. 16-20
American markets continued their historic march for the period, with year-end selling not yet taking hold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 462 points to 16,221.14 points, The S&P 500 was up 41 points to 1,818.32 and the Nasdaq…
Toronto Stock Exchange, Dec. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Composite Index jumped 273.90 points, or 2%, to 13,399.60 during the trading week after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would trim its monthly bond-buying program by US$10 billion to US$75 billion, starting in January….
Commentary: Rob McEwen on the outlook for 2014
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining, shared his thoughts with The Northern Miner about the outlook for the mining industry in 2014. McEwen Mining’s principal assets consist of the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina…