CGA up on quarterly results
CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A) had a positive June quarter, reporting record gold production and throughput and intriguing exploration results from its Masbate gold mine in the Philippines.
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[Update] Barrick unveils setbacks, cost hikes, output revisions
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) packed its much anticipated second-quarter financials with quite a few punches, causing analysts to cut their price targets.
Indonesian ‘shadow interests’ frustrate Intrepid
Brisbane, Australia-based Intrepid Mines (IAU-T) is the latest victim in an ongoing nationalization saga in Indonesia and its neighbours. On June 28 an unknown entity seized control of its Indonesian joint-venture partner Indo Multi Niaga…
Alacer boosts production and stock rises
Alacer Gold (ASR-T) managed to wring more production out of two of its mines and in doing so made up for disappointing results from another.
U.S. drought favors some crop nutrient companies over others
If the dry weather in the United States continues it could turn out to be “the worst drought of our generation,” CIBC analyst Jacob Bout writes in a 196-page industry report, noting that damage to the corn crop so far this year is…
NMC Resource’s take on molybdenum
VANCOUVER — Molybdenum gets little glory in the metals world. On the production side more than half of it is produced as a by-product of more prominent metals like copper, while on the consumption side it is mostly used as a secondary…
Orsu sheds one asset to focus on another
Orsu Metals (OSU-T, OSU-L) has taken another step towards getting its Karchiga copper production into production.
Centerra drops as Kyrgyz gov’t reviews Kumtor
Centerra Gold (CG-T) plunged more than 30% on June 22, as the Kyrgyzstan parliament debated the fate of the company’s Kumtor gold project in the country while investors worried about the possibility of Centerra losing its mining…
WCB hunts gold, copper on PNG’s Misima Island
When Xstrata (XTA-L) put its share of the US$5.3-billion Frieda River copper project in Papua New Guinea on the market in late June, there were a few raised eyebrows at the state of affairs in the country — especially given…
Chalco and Ivanhoe extend SouthGobi deal deadline
VANCOUVER — The Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) have agreed to wait a month before Chalco make its official offer to buy Ivanhoe’s stake in SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) as doubts remain as to…
Southgobi to stop coal production at Ovoot Tolgoi
VANCOUVER — SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T) is ramping down production at its Ovoot Tolgoi coal operation in Mongolia as it faces an uncooperative government and dwindling coal contracts.
SMI can’t touch the copper-gold pie at Tampakan
On the Philippine island of Mindanao, advancement of the Tampakan project — encompassing one of the planet’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits — remains in limbo following months of environmental opposition to a planned…