2012


A bridge over the thickener at Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine in Chile. Photo by Anglo American

Copper market more balanced in 2013-2014

Copper could see above-trend production increases in 2012, Bank of America Merrill Lynch asserts in a Jan. 24 report on base metals. The bank’s global commodity research team forecasts a more balanced market by 2013, “which could…


Material passes through a screening machine at NovaDx's Rex coal mine in Campbell County, northeastern Tennessee. Photo by NovaDx Ventures

NovaDx looks to specialty coal

NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.



Lake Shore Gold updates resource at Timmins West

Greater knowledge from mining and development work over the last year and a half, results from infill drilling and a reinterpretation of drill results have culminated in an updated resource estimate for Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T, LSG-X)…


An aerial view of Queenston Mining's Upper Beaver gold-copper project in northern Ontario. Photo by Queenston Mining

Positive PEA for Queenston’s Upper Beaver

A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) flagship Upper Beaver project in northern Ontario envisions producing 120,000 oz. gold and 5.3 million lbs. copper a year at attractive cash costs using low-cost,…


GTA Resources and Mining vice-president of exploration Robert Duess at the Northshore gold project in Ontario's Hemlo-Schrieber greenstone belt. Photo by GTA Resources and Mining

Northshore results boost GTA, Balmoral

Shares of GTA Resources and Mining (GTA-V) surged $1.29, or 529% in a day to  $1.54 on 7.8 million shares traded after the company released drill results from the Northshore gold property in Ontario’s Hemlo-Schrieber greenstone…


A conveyor piles material at BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Escondida copper mine in Antofagasta Province, Chile. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP and Rio double down on copper

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RIO-N) are feeling optimistic about copper. Six weeks into the first quarter of 2012, the two mining giants have unveiled plans to commit over US$4 billion to expand copper production at operations in Chile…




Editorial: Invasion of the robominers!

In a sign of the times that would make any union leader do a double take, Rio Tinto has announced that it and a minority partner will spend US$518 million on robotrains to haul its iron ore in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.



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