Graphite demand to strengthen: Roskill
London-based resource market analyst Roskill Information Services is predicting significant shifts in the supply and demand dynamics of the natural and synthetic graphite industry.
2012
Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ courts controversy from railway union, aboriginal groups
Members of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), a crown agency in charge of maintaining transportation and communications in Northern Ontario, voted unanimously in favour of a proposal by the General Chairperson’s…
Eldorado Gold sees higher costs in Q3
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) forecasts gold production this year from its operating mines in China, Turkey, Greece and Brazil will reach 660,000 oz., at cash-operating costs of US$465 per oz.
Finland’s next one?
Taranis Resources (TRO-V) thinks it’s about time a junior mining company hit the big time in northern Finland’s world-class Kittila copper-gold district.
Prosperity Goldfields sets the stage at Kiyuk
It has been nearly a year since Adrian Fleming and his team studied from afar drill results from Prosperity Goldfields’ (PPG-V) wholly owned Kiyuk Lake project in southwestern Nunavut’s Kivalliq district, and felt they could be…
Banks Island moves Yellow Giant towards production
VANCOUVER — It has been a quick ride for B.C.-focused explorer Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V). Despite the fact it has been just 18 months since Banks Island signed an earn-in agreement on its Yellow Giant gold-silver property, located 110 km…
Lake Shore battles to win back investor favour
Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) continues to push for redemption after falling out of investor favor back in the spring of 2011. That initial slump in market cap came after it failed to meet production expectations from its two Timmins based mines.
Thompson Creek slumps, but Mt. Milligan still on track
Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) sinks deeper into the red as it continues to build the $1.5-billion Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in central B.C., posting a third-quarter net loss of US$48.2 million, or US29¢ a share, compared…
Taseko hedges its bets
In mid-September, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) made a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1 billion New Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia, submitting a revamped environmental impact statement with a US$300 million plan to…
Centerra’s Atkinson unveils the way forward at Kumtor
VANCOUVER — Despite relatively weak earnings resulting from a seven-week shutdown at its flagship Kumtor gold mine 60 km south of the Chinese border in the Kyrgyz Republic, Canadian producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) found a lot to celebrate…
Andina jumps on Hochschild’s $103M takeover bid
Shares of Toronto-based junior Andina Minerals (ADM-T) nearly doubled as it agreed to a $130-million all-cash business combination with Peruvian-based precious metals producer Hochschild Mining (HOC-L).
Tinka on to new zinc discovery
Tinka Resources (TK-V) could be on to a new zinc find in Peru and the market is beginning to take notice.