Stocks gained ground as higher oil prices lifted the energy-heavy Toronto Stock Exchange, while the prospects of an interest rate increase in the U.S. receded further into the background. Brent crude futures posted four straight closes above…
U.S. equities advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 4.8% to 17,050.75. The S&P 500 Index advanced 4.7% to 2,103.43 for its highest level in seven weeks. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 4% to 4,810.79. The spot price for gold…
Scotiabank economist and commodity specialist Patricia Mohr says palladium offers the greatest upside within the platinum group metals (PGMs) due to rising demand for car ownership in China and the central government’s wish to improve…
North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC: PALDF) has let go 44 workers at its Lac des Îles (LDI) palladium mine near Thunder Bay, Ont., due to weaker metal prices and a reduced milling schedule.
Industry leaders weighed in on alternative financing at The Northern Miner’s roundtable discussion titled “New Frontiers in Mining Finance,” held in the offices of Newport Private Wealth in Toronto in early October. The…
In early October, The Northern Miner was privileged to play host to a roundtable discussion bringing together some of the heaviest hitters and nimblest minds on Bay and Howe streets to hash out the state of alternate finance methods in the…
Amerigo Resources (TSX: ARG; US-OTC: ARREF) hasn’t lost much time since it cut a deal with Codelco in April 2014 to treat a new source of tailings from the miner’s El Teniente mine — the world’s largest underground…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 4.1%, or 21.5 points, en route to a 547.04-point close.
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/15 (with changes from Sept. 15/15).
With Canadians looking ahead to a federal election on Oct. 19, The Northern Miner asked mining-related questions to the leaders of the four major political parties running across Canada. Last week, we published the answers from the Liberal…
Representatives of the Canadian mining industry have come out in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after the trade deal’s dozen partnering national governments, including Canada’s, reached an agreement on Oct. 4.
The James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona has launched the Global Mining Law Center, with the goal of educating “lawyers on mining issues and miners on legal issues.”
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