The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 69.23 points to 2,100.67 over the May 24-27 period, as slightly higher metals prices buoyed many junior mining companies. Many Venture companies enjoyed a small rally over the short trading week…
Ranked the world’s fifth-best mining jurisdiction based on exploration potential and safety of investment in the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies for 2010/11, Finland is generally regarded by mining executives around the…
Harry Barr grew up on a family farm in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley and studied agribusiness at Guelph University, but when his uncle Mel asked him to help run a placer gold mine in the jungles of Colombia, a future career in mining became set in…
Argentina-focused Hunt Mining (HMX-V) has drilled encouraging gold intersections at the Sinter zone of its La Josefina gold project in Santa Cruz province.
Allegations of fraud and untrustworthy financial statements that have led to a class-action lawsuit against former stock market darling Puda Coal (PUDA-X) underscore just how risky doing business in China can be.
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) has given a thumbs-up to its Misery open-pit project at the Ekati diamond mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Mining projects in British Columbia’s northwest are another step closer to tapping into the provincial grid after the federal government gave the environmental go-ahead for the Northwest Transmission Line.
Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) has followed up a successful ramp-up to production at its 60%-owned Bisha polymetallic mine in Eritrea by declaring a modest first dividend.
With increased production and higher realized metals prices, Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T) has managed to turn things around from where they were this time last year.
British Columbia’s Quesnel Trough could see heightened exploration this year now that several international majors have taken an interest.
ArcelorMittal (MT-N) is spending $2.1 billion to expand its Mont-Wright mining complex and Port-Cartier pellet plant near Fermont in northern Quebec.
Investors disappointed with Cline Mining’s (CMK-T, CLNMF-Q) early morning announcement on May 16 that coal production in 2011 is going to be lower than expected at its recently reopened New Elk coal mine in Colorado were hit with more…
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