December 22, 2016

CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013

Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.

December 21, 2016

Without China global mining would be smaller than in 2000

TABLE: China's copper demand grew 11-fold in 15 years – the rest of the world shrunk. Sans China, the nickel market would've barely broken a million tonnes.

December 21, 2016

The world’s mineral industry meets at PDAC 2017

“ Canada is looked to as a leader in mineral exploration and development,”

December 21, 2016

Gold higher on dollar retreat

A retreat in the US dollar from the previous session's 14-year peak prompted some buyers to hunt bargains.

December 21, 2016

Innovative Canadian exploration company on the move to discover high-grade zinc, gold and copper

When a mineral processing plant runs out of ore near by, its days are numbered. The capital equipment often becomes nothing more than a tax write-off. The businesses and people…

December 21, 2016

The most exciting time to be a mining stock investor

The most exciting time to be a mining stock investor is when a exploration company is drilling and awaiting assays.

December 21, 2016

These were the top Canadian mining topics of 2016

Commodity price recovery; King Coal on the way out; mining tech on the way in — among the most covered issues this year.

December 20, 2016

Newly found ‘ghost octopods’ at risk from deep-sea mining

This as the creature lays its eggs on the dead stalks of sponges, attached to rocky crusts, which are rich in metals like manganese.

December 20, 2016

Infographic | 75 years of how Americans spend their money

Consumers are the foundation of the U.S. economy, and how they choose to spend their money is a telling indicator of the overall American economic story.

December 16, 2016

Eldorado CEO Paul Wright retires, Goldcorp’s George Burns takes over

Wright, who joined Eldorado in 1996 and has held several management positions prior to becoming its president and CEO in 1999, will be the company's new chairman.