TSX ends flat during Oct. 22-26 week
Toronto’s resource-heavy index had a lacklustre Oct. 22-26 trading week, where upbeat economic data from the U.S. failed to propel the markets.
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U.S. equity markets tank, Oct. 22-26
GDP growth in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 2% in the third quarter, up from 1.3% in the second quarter, but earnings disappointments from a slew of U.S. multinational companies, including Apple, and worries about slowing…
Argonaut Gold moves on Prodigy
Argonaut Gold (AR-T) thinks now is the time to bolster its project pipeline through acquisitions.
Editorial: Think globally, exploit locally
Canadians are widely known as some of the best miners in the world, and the Chinese as some of the worst. Just how bad? Since the turn of the millennium, more than 50,000 miners have been killed in China’s coal mines — easily the…
Short-term exec optimism returns: MRG Survey
The following is an edited summary of findings from the Mining Recruitment Group’s latest executive survey, which was distributed during the first week of October and completed by 125 mining leaders.
Four greats to enter Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome four new inductees at its twenty-fifth annual induction dinner on Jan. 10, 2013, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The new inductees are Charles E. Fipke, Gerald W. Grandey, Pierre…
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Canada Lithium to kick off production in 2013
Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has raised its game with an updated feasibility study for its Quebec Lithium mine, showing the project is on track to start producing in 2013 and rake in better returns, triggering analysts to lift their price…
American Vanadium’s evolution fuelled by technology gains
Just under two years ago, Vancouver-based American Vanadium (AVC-V) envisioned itself as a specialty-metals miner. The company had planned to put its 100%-owned Gibellini vanadium deposit situated 400 km east of Reno in central Nevada into…
Critical Elements banks on Rose’s tantalum and lithium
“You know, when you find a mine in your life, you are lucky,” says Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, president and CEO of Critical Elements (CRE-V), which is advancing a bankable feasibility study on the Rose tantalum-lithium…
Inside Friedland’s massive Ivanplats prospectus
Mining magnate Robert Friedland looks poised to take the market by storm yet again, with an aggressive portfolio of advanced-stage base and precious metal properties in Africa underpinning an initial public offering (IPO) for Ivanplats (IVP-T),…
Argex aims to produce titanium near Baie-Comeau
Montreal-based Argex Titanium (RGX-V) is having a great year. The company’s shares have surged 142% over the past 10 months as the company has moved its proprietary solvent-extraction system towards commercial viability.