2012


U.S. markets buoyant, Oct. 1-5

Employment figures showing the U.S. economy added 114,000 jobs in the month of September, pushing down the unemployment rate from 8.1% to 7.8% —the lowest level since January 2009 — buoyed equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…



Buritica resource boosts Continental

Shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) surged $1.09, or 12%, to $9.90 apiece, with more than 6 million shares changing hands on news of an updated resource estimate for the company’s Buritica project in Antioquia, Colombia.


Sulliden outlines a smaller project in Peru

While a feasibility study for ­Sulliden Gold’s (SUE-T) ­Shahuindo project in northern Peru envisions a somewhat smaller and slightly more expensive gold operation than previously thought, the project’s economics are…


The camp at Oceanic Iron Ore's Ungava Bay iron ore project in Quebec's Far North. Photo by Oceanic Iron Ore

Look out, here comes Oceanic Iron Ore

When Steven Dean stepped down in 2002 as president of Teck Cominco, now Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N), his motivation was simple: he wanted to spend more time with his family after spending years on the road, a fact of life in the…


Editorial: Iron ore market gets anemic

Unto everything there is a season; a time to hustle and sell off your vast, frozen iron ore assets in remote parts of the country to foreigners from the tropics, and a time to throttle back production at actual iron ore mines in Canada’s…




Taseko Mines president and CEO Russell Hallbauer.

Taseko takes a second swing at New Prosperity

Nearly two years after its initial environmental assessment was rejected, Vancouver-based Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is stepping up to the plate for a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project, 120 km…


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Afferro Mining — Ousmane Kane appointed a director.


The R65 kimberlite showing at Stornoway Diamonds' Renard diamond project in Quebec. Photo by Stornoway Diamonds

Stornoway navigates the road to production

Recent media reports have suggested Stornoway Diamonds’ (SWY-T) Renard diamond project in Quebec may face delays given that construction of the Route 167 extension from Chibougamau to the Otish Mountains is slightly behind plan, but the…


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