Unionized workers at Peruvian miner Minsur's San Rafael tin mine, a major tin producer, started an indefinite strike on Tuesday to demand a bonus, the company said.The union was not satisfied with the share of profits that the mine distributed to workers, Minsur said in a statement to Peru's market regulator. It added that labor authorities did not approve of the strike.(By Maria Cervantes and Mit...Read More
South African environmental groups have challenged the government's decision to grant permission for a water project which aims to supply developments for its future coal reserves.Authorizing a part of the Mokolo Crocodile (West) Water Augmentation Project, which would pump water to the coal-rich Waterberg region, is unlawful because the development "must be socially, environmentally and economica...Read More
About 1,800 workers were trapped at Sibanye-Stillwater's Rustenburg platinum mine in South Africa earlier today after an accident halted operation of a shaft used to transport workers.The company says 1,500 out of the 1,800 miners that were working the shift have now been brought to the surface, and the remaining miners are gradually being hoisted after an inspection confirmed it was safe.Concern...Read More
One of Cuba's biggest foreign investors isn't fazed by President Donald Trump's push to make doing business in the communist-run Caribbean nation more difficult.David Pathe said Sherritt International Corp. has deep roots on the island, and the chief executive officer is hopeful renewed oil exploration efforts will help buoy the Canadian mining and energy company's battered share price.The claim a...Read More
An environmental group has filed a complaint to U.S. and Canadian securities regulators alleging that Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. misled investors about its controversial Pebble mining project in Alaska.Northern Dynasty - whose plan to develop a copper and gold mine near Bristol Bay faces staunch environmental opposition - issued incomplete and misleading information in an attempt to drum up ca...Read More
California was one of the pillars of American energy security. That, however, has changed due to declining production. Since its peak in 1985, production has plunged almost 60 percent to 460,000 barrels per day...Read full newsRead More
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) said Societe Generale had resigned as a market maker for gold and silver, as France's third-largest bank pushes ahead with a downsizing of its commodities business.SocGen said this month it would cut 1,600 jobs to boost profits after poor performance last year and exit over-the-counter commodities trading.SocGen declined to comment on its resignation.In...Read More
Glencore Plc cut its full-year copper-output goal by about 3% and lowered production targets for other commodities from nickel to oil, as the world's biggest metal trader deals with multiple problems across its operations. The shares fell.There was no mention of changes to the company's marketing-profits guidance, which it often updates in production reports.Key insightsGlencore's disappointing ou...Read More
Africa-focused Alphamin Resources (TSX-V: AFM) has begun commissioning its Bisie tin mine in North Kivu, a remote province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The Mauritius-based miner kicked off construction at Bisie, considered one of the world's highest-grade known tin deposits, in 2017. At the time, an updated feasibility study projected that the mine could produce...Read More
Analysts estimate the company will report a $0.06 loss per share, but that doesn't mean it can't glimmer in other ways.Read full newsRead More
A bitter battle for control of Canada's Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) between the miner and dissent shareholders led by founder and ousted chairman, Patrick Sheridan, has been finally settled this week, costing the company's head his job.As part of the agreement, the Toronto-based miner is appointing two new independent directors to the board - Alan Pangbourne and Allen Palmiere - with other two...Read More
Tower Resources (TSXV: TWR) announced this week that its team of geologists started an exploration program on the Nechako property, located in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.In a press release, Tower said the campaign will begin with infill reverse circulation or RC drilling at the head of the Nechako dispersal train.In the current RC drilling program, six to eight infill holes...Read More
American Battery Metals (CSE: ABC) announced this week that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire a 90% interest in Ontario-based E.U. Energy Corp. and its 100%-owned Viken project in Sweden.In a media statement, the North Vancouver-based company said the letter of intent stipulates that American Battery Metals has to issue 20 million shares in exchange for 90% of the issue...Read More
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Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the British company building a huge fertilizer mine beneath a national park, has signed up Wall Street giant JPMorgan to provide financing in the form of bonds and credit up to about $3.8 billion.The bank is underwriting a $400 million share placement, launched on Tuesday, at a price between 15p to 18p per share. It is also using its balance sheet to provide a $2.5 bi...Read More
Vancouver, BC - good natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP) (the "Company" or "good naturedTM"), today announced its audited financial results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 ("FY2018"). On January 9, 2018 the Company changed its fiscal year-end from February 28 to December 31. As required in such cases, FY2018 is being compared to the ten months ended December 31, 2017 (the "Comparati...Read More
The O'Brien mine, halfway between the towns of Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or along the Larder-Lake-Cadillac fault, was considered the highest grade gold producer in Quebec between 1926 and 1957, when the underground operation churned out 1.20 million tonnes grading 15.25 grams gold per tonne for 587,121 oz. gold.Today, the historic mine is part of Radisson Mining Resources (TSXV: RDS; US-OTC: RMRDF)...Read More
Eskay Creek, formerly the world's highest-grade gold mine, may be headed for a re-start due to very promising exploration work completed by Skeena Resources (TSX.V: SKE).Eskay Creek was operated by Barrick Gold until shutting down in 2008 due to a combination of high operating costs and a low gold price. Skeena picked up the option to explore the closed mine and has been working diligently on the...Read More
Gold has failed to gain traction over the past couple months, normally a seasonally-strong time. That has really weighed on sentiment, leaving traders increasingly bearish. Gold investment demand has flagged dramatically with lofty stock markets spewing great euphoria. That's given gold-futures speculators the run of the market, where they have sold aggressively including extreme shorting. But tha...Read More
Growing uncertainty has increased the attractiveness of gold as a hedge against a market downturn. While this sees some investors bolstering their exposure to bullion or gold exchange-traded funds like the SPDR Gold Shares, one of the best ways to gain exposure is to invest in gold miners with high-quality assets. The standout intermediate gold miner is Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL), which...Read More