February 24, 2017 Pan American Silver boss just gifted $4 million to the Canadian Museum of Nature The donation by the company's founder Ross Beaty aims to enhance the museum’s national research and collections that are focused on species discovery.
February 23, 2017 Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.
February 22, 2017 Caterpillar touts automation solutions as top miners swing back to profit The world's No.1 heavy machinery maker is telling miners not to rest on their laurels now that the industry is finally coming back up from a brutal downturn and keep…
February 21, 2017 CHART: Hedge funds diverge on gold, silver price Large scale precious metals futures speculators push bullish bets on silver to 20-week high while exposure to gold continues to be cut.
February 19, 2017 Agnico Eagle looking at hovercrafts to explore Meadowbank The owner of Canada's coldest mine is hoping to reach another milestone with an unusual piece of exploration equipment.
February 16, 2017 Zinc, lead rally bad news for silver price Silver is mainly a byproduct of zinc, lead (and copper) mining and capacity coming back on stream could see return of silver's chronic oversupply issues.
February 16, 2017 World’s largest gold project bulked up again Shares in Seabridge Gold jumps after Toronto company adds 3m ounces gold and 2.1bn pounds copper resources at its KSM project in northern British Columbia.
February 16, 2017 Canada losing ground as mining investment destination Report by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) says the country is not in a good position to benefit from the increasing number of companies ready to make new and…
February 16, 2017 Here’s the latest scoop on Barrick’s projects The company is focusing on assets with the potential to add as much as 1.1 million ounces of gold to its total output beyond 2021.
February 15, 2017 Teck swings to profit in Q4 but misses expectations The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, benefitted from the price rally — steelmaking coal climbed 155.5% to $207 in the quarter.
US rare earth buyers still see China curbs despite Trump deal The US and China still haven’t reached an agreement on key details of how Beijing will free up sales of rare earths. December 24, 2025 | 07:45 am
