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Processing facilities at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's Tenke Fungurume mine in 2011. Credit: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

Commentary: Copper price rises on supply worries

These are interesting times for copper investors. Concerns on the supply side, questions over sustained demand due to sluggish global economic growth and a forward curve that defies the normal contango situation are some of the major issues…


Miners drag down TSX, May 26-30

It was a tough week for the Toronto Stock Exchange. The S&P/TSX Composite Index dropped 103.94 points, or 0.71%, to end the trading week at 14,604.16, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 33.82 points, or…


An aerial view of KWG Resources' mining camp at the Big Daddy project, located in the McFaulds Lake area, in the Ring of Fire. Credit: KWG Resources

Editorial: Ring of Fire funding – A Wynne-win?

In a rare turn, mining has emerged as an issue in a provincial election campaign in Ontario: the ruling Liberal party is promising to unilaterally pump up to $1 billion into infrastructure development in the remote Ring of Fire chromite camp in…



A view of Rio Tinto's Simandou iron ore project in Guinea. Credit: Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto’s US$20B iron ore mine plan in Guinea

VANCOUVER — A decade after mega-miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) was awarded the world-class Simandou iron-ore concessions in Guinea, West Africa, it looks like the stage has been set for what would be the largest…


A drill site at Uranium Energy's Oviedo uranium project in Paraguay. Credit: Uranium Energy

Commentary: How low can uranium prices go?

Investors in uranium stocks are a weary bunch at this point. And despite a number of factors hinting at a recovery in uranium oxide prices, they continue along a downward trajectory.



Centerra threatens to shut down Kumtor

Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) said that it would start shutting down its Kumtor gold operation in Kyrgyzstan if it doesn’t receive approval for its 2014 mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.


Skyharbour scores with 100% acquisition of Way Lake

During the fourteen years Rick Kusmirski worked at JNR Resources, the former Cameco Corp. (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) geologist headed exploration teams that discovered two significant uranium deposits in Saskatchewan’s eastern Athabasca Basin: the…



TSX Venture bounces back, May 20-23

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index recovered from a four-month low during the shortened trading period, gaining 1.2%, or 11.40 points, en route to a 987.95-point weekly close. Markets were bolstered by strong quarterly earnings from the…


Novo Resources' Beatons Creek gold project in western Australia.  Credit: Novo Resources

Are the clouds parting for juniors?

Junior gold explorer Novo Resources (CNSX: NVO) checks all the boxes: it’s led by a well-known, connected and respected geologist; it has several prospective gold projects (one of which has an inferred resource) in the low-risk…


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