The break-up of one of the world’s two big potash cartels has spawned much speculation about the future of BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) Jansen project in Saskatchewan, with a report from analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch…
VANCOUVER — As the world’s largest copper producer and a top-five producer of molybdenum and silver, Chile is a mining powerhouse. And with more than $70 billion in mining investment expected to lift copper production by 45% over…
VANCOUVER — Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets so that they can optimize key operations, shore up earnings and cut back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
VANCOUVER — News of a 26% capital-cost increase and six-month delay in start-up at the Legacy potash mine in Saskatchewan drove owner K+S AG’s share price to a five-month low, but the German fertilizer giant remains confident that…
VANCOUVER – Most of the world’s mining majors are selling non-core assets to focus on optimizing key operations, shoring up earnings, and cutting back capital outlays. The shift follows a few years of overspending spurred by commodity…
U.S. stocks kicked off the trading week by posting their worst day since Nov. 7, 2012, with the Boston Marathon bombings, lower-than-expected Chinese gross domestic product growth and a tumbling gold price accelerating equity sell-offs . On…
A preliminary economic assessment of Lumina Copper’s (LCC-V) enormous Taca Taca project, among the world’s top-tier undeveloped copper deposits, demonstrates a US$2.1-billion after-tax net present value and a 17.2% after-tax…
U.S. equity indexes rose four days in a row, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 posting new closing highs on April 11.
VANCOUVER — Goldman Sachs has cut its iron ore price forecasts and downgraded its Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) recommendation from “neutral” to “sell.” The reason? More than 90% of the company’s 2012 earnings…
VANCOUVER — With the US$5.1-billion hostile takeover of Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) by larger-cap peer First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) looking all but wrapped up, it’s an opportune time to take a look at the shifting…
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) handed out its annual awards at a gala during its eighty-first annual convention in Toronto this month. Award recipients were honoured for outstanding contributions and excellence in…
Over the last 40 years, Klaus Zeitler has financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines in Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Pacific.
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