Production at Athabasca Minerals’ (TSXV: ABM; US-OTC: ABCAF) Firebag silica sand project in northern Alberta could ramp up in late 2016 and early 2017 — perfect timing to capitalize on growing frac sand demand in North…
U.S. Silica Holdings (NYSE: SLCA), like many other U.S.-based frac sand miners, is boosting its production capacity to meet the growing demand for this special type of sand used in oil and gas drilling.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 1.4%, or 14.83 points, during the trading sessions before closing the week at 1,022.93 points. Markets were hit by falling energy futures and a report from Statistics Canada that indicated the…
Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer Frank Atherton is recommending that the provincial government take a cautious approach to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and argues in a new discussion paper that the relevant authorities…
The Supreme Court of Canada’s Tsilhqot’in decision will have a ripple effect across Canada and could deter resource investment in the country, according to Neal Smitheman, a partner at law firm Fasken Martineau.
Poor jobs data showing that Canada lost 9,400 jobs in June, sending the unemployment rate up to 7.1% from 7% in May, put pressure on the Canadian dollar and the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The dollar ended the week at $1.0734 to the greenback,…
VANCOUVER — More than two decades after his prospecting efforts kicked off a diamond rush in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Chuck Fipke is cashing in his chips.
At the end of January, the Toronto Stock Exchange launched a delisting review of Cerro Grande Mining (TSX: CEG; US-OTC: CEGMF) to determine whether the junior could keep a $2-million market value for 30 straight trading days.
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, July 8 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
After another disappointing fiscal year, Labrador Iron Mines (TSX: LIM; US-OTC: LBRMF) says it will not restart mining at its operations in the Labrador Trough this coming year partly due to weak iron-ore prices, and will instead refocus…
Focus Ventures’ (TSXV: FCV) Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru is shaping up quickly: the junior expects to release a maiden resource estimate in the third quarter, less than six months after announcing its first drill results…
It’s one of those items in Canadian politics that always vaguely seems like a good idea, but never gets done: establishing a national securities regulator to replace the 13 provincial and territorial ones, or at least replace as many of…
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