Sherritt International's (TSX: S) stock was up Friday, after announcing the company had reached three billion pounds of finished nickel production since operations began at its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.The Fort Saskatchewan refinery was constructed in 1954 and initially processed feed from Sherritt's Lynn Lake mine in Manitoba. Today, the Fort Saskatchewan refinery processes mixed su...Read More
The Peruvian government will likely grant Southern Copper Corp a construction license for its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project before its environmental permit expires in August, the energy and mines minister told Reuters on Thursday.Southern Copper has spent years waiting for the construction license, a final green light for Tia Maria that consecutive governments have declined to give amid fears it...Read More
SAO PAULO - An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.Leagold investor relations vice-president Meghan Brown said few further details were available, and that the company had started an investigation.Local media in Brazil said three other workers were injured, but not seriously and had been release...Read More
Starting in the second segment of his latest interview with Jim Goddard, INK CEO Ted Dixon gives an overview of the outlook for Canadian stocks drawing on the most recent Insights weekly newsletter. Broadly speaking, insiders remain upbeat about their prospects going forward, particularly in the oil patch where stocks have undergone a correction to reflect commodity pricing troubles.He does, howe...Read More
KIEV Ukraine's steel production totalled 3.53 million tonnes in the first two months of this year, around 0.6 percent lower than a year ago, steelmakers' union Ukrmetallurgprom said. Steel is one of Ukraine's biggest exports. Data from the union showed pig iron output fell by 7% to 3.36 million tonnes in January-February, while rolled steel production dropped by 0.4% to 3.09 million tonnes.(Re...Read More
SARAJEVO - ArcelorMittal will halt production at its Bosnian mines, with "far-reaching consequences" for employees and earnings at its ArcelorMittal Prijedor unit, after a transportation deal with a regional railway company collapsed, it said on Friday.The world's largest steelmaker operates a steel plant in the central Bosnian town of Zenica which processes iron ore from its Omarska mines in Prij...Read More
Ontario's government is working for the people of Northern Ontario by supporting tourism and economic development in Sault Ste. Marie with an investment in the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, creating three new jobs.Today, Ross Romano, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, announced an investment of $507,600 to help the Bushplane Centre develop new...Read More
In my latest Howe Street interview with Jim Goddard, I make the case Justin Trudeau and his cabinet can no longer effectively govern. The obstacles facing the Trudeau regime go beyond the question of whether a law may have been broken by him or his government in trying to get the Attorney General of Canada at the time, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to change her mind on prosecuting SNC-Lavalin (SNC). Lea...Read More
Canada's Portofino Resources (TSXV: POR) (FSE: POT) executed an amended agreement this week with a private Argentine concession to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo lithium project in the northwestern Catamarca province.The red dots indicate Portofino's lithium projects in Argentina.In a press release, Portofino said the 2,932-hectare project encompasses a full salar and is located approximatel...Read More
Canada's Portofino Resources (TSXV: POR) (FSE: POT) executed an amended agreement this week with a private Argentine concession to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo lithium project in the northwestern Catamarca province.The red dots indicate Portofino's lithium projects in Argentina.In a press release, Portofino said the 2,932-hectare project encompasses a full salar and is located approximatel...Read More
Canada's ALX Uranium (TSXV: AL) signed a non-binding letter of intent this week with Orano Canada, a subsidiary of France's Orano Group.The letter refers to the possible acquisition by ALX of a 51% participating interest in the Close Lake uranium project located in the eastern Athabasca Basin area of northern Saskatchewan. This is the same province that hosts the Hook-Carter project, where the Van...Read More
Canada's ALX Uranium (TSXV: AL) signed a non-binding letter of intent this week with Orano Canada, a subsidiary of France's Orano Group.The letter refers to the possible acquisition by ALX of a 51% participating interest in the Close Lake uranium project located in the eastern Athabasca Basin area of northern Saskatchewan. This is the same province that hosts the Hook-Carter project, where the Van...Read More
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European scientists have announced plans to start mining the moon as early as 2025, though what they'll be extracting is neither gold nor diamonds, but waste-free nuclear energy thought to be worth trillions of dollars.The goal is to place a lander on the lunar surface to mine and process regolith for water, oxygen, metals and an isotope called helium-3, which may prove useful for fueling future...Read More
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Assays are back for the first 21 holes of a 61-hole drill program completed at Monarques Gold's (TSX: MQR; US-OTC: MRQFR) McKenzie Break project and have extended the deposit laterally and at depth.The best intercept from the project, 35 km north of Val-d'Or, Que., was 61.20 grams gold over 2.6 metres starting from 254.8 metres downhole, including 265 grams gold over 0.6 metre in drill hole MK-18-...Read More