Azarga Resources, a Hong Kong-based private uranium investment firm founded by mining executive Andrew Molyneux, has bought 17.5% of Powertech Uranium’s (TSX: PWE; US-OTC: PWURF) outstanding shares and agreed to take a 60% stake in the…
Higher-than-expected sales and improved realized prices for molybdenum drove up Thompson Creek Metals’ (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) second-quarter results, and the company expects to start up its mill at Mt. Milligan any moment.
Shares of Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; NYSE-MKT: ANV) took a tumble after the company announced a construction delay and unremarkable earnings.
Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) aluminum subsidiary Rio Tinto Alcan is closing its aluminum smelter in Shawinigan, Que., in two quick stages so that it can remove 100,000 tonnes per year of aluminum smelting capacity by the end of this…
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) had a tough second quarter, with adjusted earnings plunging below analysts’ expectations due to lower gold and silver prices.
In early August the price for copper hit US$3.04 per lb. and seemed to be heading into a tailspin. But after several days, the price stabilized and reached a US$3.32 high before closing at US$3.31 per lb. What is going on?
VANCOUVER — Just over a year ago Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) president and CEO Joseph Conway confidently outlined a newly minted optimization plan at the company’s San Dimas underground silver-gold mine along the…
With US$99.2 million in cash on its balance sheet, including proceeds from a US$50-million loan received in June, Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) says it is all cashed up to start full production at its Escobal silver mine in…
VANCOUVER — Despite a steep drop in net income over the past three months, silver producer First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) continues to impress investors. The company’s stock jumped 9.3%, or $1.26 per share, following news…
There is little arguing that it has been a rough year for investors in gold mining stocks. But just how bad it has been may come as a surprise: not since the financial crisis of 2008 have investors seen so much of their wealth demolished in…
Nolan Watson — the dynamo who co-founded Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL; NYSE: SAND) in the depths of the financial crisis in 2008 after serving as one of the first two employees at Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE-MKT: SAND) and as its chief…
VANCOUVER — Another drill season is underway for partners Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) and Alpha Minerals (TSXV: AMW; US-OTC: ESOFF) at the fifty-fifty Patterson Lake South (PLS) joint venture located in the southern…
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