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Processing facilities at OceanaGold's Didipio gold mine in the Philippines.  Source: OceanaGold

OceanaGold fires on all cylinders

There aren’t many companies in the mining sector these days that can pay off large chunks of debt from operating cash flow and embark on sizable acquisitions at the same time. But OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) is one of them.



US stocks stumble, June 1-5

U.S. equities fell on the back of a strong jobs report that showed an improvement in the economy, increasing the chances that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.9% to…


Simon Houlding (middle) accepts the 2015 Vale Medal for Meritorious Contributions to Mining from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum in May. Credit: EduMine

EduMine’s Simon Houlding wins Vale medal

Growing up in Zimbabwe after World War II, completing an engineering degree at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, and working at Jones & Wagener, a specialist firm of consulting engineers and scientists based in South Africa,…



U.S. stocks end mixed, May 18-22

Wall Street closed mixed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, as the Federal Reserve said it would likely raise interest rates this year, if the economy continued to improve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2% to 18,232.02, while the…



Midway Gold's Pan gold mine in White Pine County, 29 km southeast of Eureka, Nevada.  Credit: Midway Gold

Midway runs into trouble at Pan mine

Midway Gold (TSX: MDW; NYSE-MKT: MDW) has hit a rough patch, less than two months after it initiated production at its Pan gold heap-leach mine in Nevada.


TSX ends in the red, May 11-15

Canada’s main stock index retreated during the trading week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.4% to 15,108.12. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index dropped 1.4% to 794.05, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold…




TSX slides, May 4-8

Poor jobs data and a decline in energy stocks after the New Democratic Party majority win in Alberta sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.1% to 15,170.02. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.8% to 805.08,…


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