Molycorp/Neo Material deal puts upstream and downstream together
News of Molycorp’s (MCP-N) proposed acquisition of Neo Material Technologies (NEM-T) in a cash and stock deal worth $1.3 billion sent the shares of both companies soaring.
2012
Aguila starts to take shape for Duran
Duran Ventures (DRV-V) has a maiden resource estimate in for its Aguila project in Peru.
Atacama keeps the results flowing
Atacama Pacific Gold (AMT-V) continues to report positive results from its third phase drill program at its Cerro Maricunga gold project, 140 km northeast of Copiapo, Chile.
Nationalization agendas will take a bite out of industry revenues
Vancouver— Indonesia’s new indigenization legislation aimed at foreign mining companies opens another chapter in a resource-nationalization saga amongst developing countries.
Junior miners and explorers cashing up
Vancouver — Numerous explorers have launched substantial financings just as the networking-heavy Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention wraps up in Toronto.
The Power of economic geology
Having already established himself as a leading geological expert in the world of academia, David Groves has shifted his focus to the real world of mining.
Copper prices to ease but “not massively so,” Wood Mackenzie says
Wood Mackenzie is forecasting global demand growth for copper this year of 3.6%, a copper deficit of about 100,000 tonnes and LME cash prices averaging US$8,700 per tonne or US$3.95 per lb., down from an average of US$8,800 per tonne or US$4.00…
What’s next for Ethiopian Potash?
David Wahl, former president and chief executive of Ethiopian Potash (FED-V), in an early March interview said he aimed to keep the drills turning, construction going, and results flowing from the Danakil potash project in northern Ethiopia,…
Great Basin sees stronger future for troubled Burnstone mine
Vancouver – Struggling miner Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) got a much needed share price boost after releasing production and exploration updates on its two operating gold mines.
A look at Mexico’s economic past
In the last fifteen years Mexico’s economy has turned around in what the country’s former foreign minister, Jorge Castaneda Gutman, believes have been the best years for Mexico at least since the 1960s.
God’s Lake Resources and KI First Nation in escalating impasse
Vancouver — The Ontario Government’s move to ban mining and exploration on a large swath of northern Ontario looks to have done little to diffuse tensions between the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation and God’s…
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Feb. 29/12 (with changes from Feb….