Glencore optimistic on industrials, electric vehicles
VANCOUVER — Commodity giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has been the proverbial elephant in the room during the current zinc rally, with the market pondering a scenario involving up to 500,000…
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Lundin Mining lowers production outlook
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) pulled together a management conference call after a press release detailing its lower production guidance for the next three years triggered a fall in…
Firesteel to buy, restart Laiva gold mine
Firesteel Resources (TSXV: FTR) intends to purchase and reactivate the past-producing Laiva gold mine located in central Finland, near the Gulf of Bothnia, in early December and begin producing gold…
Black Iron completes PEA on Shymanivske project in Ukraine
A preliminary economic assessment of Black Iron’s (TSX: BKI) Shymanivske project in the Ukraine outlines a post-tax net present value at a 10% discount rate of US$1.66 billion and a 36.1%…
Nominations open for YMP’s 2018 Peter Munk and Eira Thomas awards
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) association in partnership with The Northern Miner will be hosting the second annual YMP Awards on March 3, 2018, at Toronto’s Shangri-La Hotel during the opening weekend…
Moody’s downgrades its outlook on Eldorado Gold
Eldorado Gold’s (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) troubles in Greece and Turkey have prompted Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade its rating outlook for the gold producer from stable to negative. “The…
Black Iron restarts in Ukraine three years after Russian invasion
In the three years leading up to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine in 2014, Black Iron (TSX: BKI) was making headway at its flagship Shymanivske iron ore project, 330 km…
Dalradian on path to production at Curraghinalt
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — A mineral-processing technology commonly used in the diamond mining industry may improve the economics for Dalradian Resources’ (TSX: DNA; US-OTC: DRLDF) Curraghinalt gold project, 127 km…
Seven questions investors should ask about geophysical anomalies
VANCOUVER — Geophysical surveys are frequently used by the mining and exploration industry to detect potential mineral deposits hidden beneath the subsurface. However, the results of geophysical surveys can be…
Eldorado withdraws threat to suspend investment in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will “temporarily postpone” a decision it made earlier this month to suspend its investments in Greece on Sept. 22 due to permitting delays and…
Eldorado threatens to suspend investments in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will suspend all investment at its operating mines, development projects and exploration assets in Greece due to chronic delays in permits and licences that…
Nevsun halves Bisha mine life, revises Timok study plans
Newly appointed CEO Peter Kukielski hasn’t wasted time putting his imprint on Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU). The Stanford University-educated civil engineer, who joined the company in May, is…