Chrysalix to fund innovators
Chrysalix Global Network, a venture capital fund based in Vancouver, is looking to be a player in the mining industry’s next wave of innovation.
Commodities Markets
Commentary: BofA Merrill Lynch tweaks metal price forecasts
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lowered its price forecasts for a number of commodities — including copper and iron that are heavily imported by China — but it also believes gold could bottom out this year, while nickel and zinc…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Sweden, Finland, Alberta, atop Fraser Institute rankings
VANCOUVER — Canadian non-profit research group the Fraser Institute has released its annual Survey of Mining Companies, which gauges the geographic investment temperature by polling 690 exploration, development and other mining-related…
Editorial: Oliver rises to finance minister
Although the move was long anticipated due to his chronic ill health, it still felt surprising that Canada’s third-longest serving finance minister, Jim Flaherty, was finally resigning from cabinet after eight years in the post.
Metals, mining and money markets
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One of the world’s great rock collections heads to the ROM
A recent donation from Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI) has Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on the cusp of finally bringing the Kirwin ore deposit collection to Canada.
Rob McEwen on gold, royalty companies and Argentina
In January 2013 Rob McEwen’s McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) opened its 100%-owned El Gallo 1 open-pit heap-leach mine in Mexico for $13 million. This year the mine is expected to produce 40,000 oz. gold at an average cash cost of…
Editorial: Korean trade deal helps Canadian coal, aluminum
The Canadian government presented another gift to Canada’s mining industry with the signing of a new free-trade agreement with mineral-hungry South Korea.
PDAC honours six industry leaders
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) held its annual awards gala during the PDAC 2014 convention in Toronto earlier this month. Six exemplars of excellence in the industry were recognized. The award recipients are…
Are brighter skies ahead for nickel prices?
Chairman and CEO Patrick Buffet of French nickel and manganese producer Eramet is calling Indonesia’s recent ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ores “a positive step towards restoring market balance,” after the…
Commentary: It’s time gold miners act on unfair competition
Given some of the enormous gold sales on Comex last year, I was curious what it would take to mine that much ore.