August 24, 2017

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking a second look at, covers 1.3 million acres (about 5,260 square km), and it includes land considered sacred to Native…

August 21, 2017

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one mining company now "actively pursuing options to exit" its US oil and gas business bought for $20B six years ago.

August 10, 2017

Uranium producer seen as ‘top leverage pick to the expected uranium price recovery’

One uranium producer and explorer reported Q2/17 results that led one analyst to increase its target price.

August 7, 2017

Mining industry can now predict opposition to projects before it’s too late

Chalkstone was born out of counter-insurgency tactics used by troops in Afghanistan, but its unique methodology is now being used by miners, which can map-out power structures and counter the…

August 6, 2017

Cantor analyst: ‘This is the best uranium PEA we have ever seen’

NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSX; NXE:NYSE.MKT) announced its maiden preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the "basement-hosted" Arrow Deposit on July 31.

August 4, 2017

BHP presses for cheaper power ahead of Olympic Dam mine expansion

BHP Billiton is looking for ways to shore up power supply and bring down power costs at its Olympic Dam copper mine in Australia, as it plans to expand following…

August 2, 2017

Rio Tinto’s first-half profit soars 93%, investors getting $3bn back

The company will return a total of $3 billion to shareholders: $2 billion on the dividend side and $1 billion of share buybacks.

August 1, 2017

Caterpillar in search of new CFO as Halverson to retire next year

Brad Halverson has spent nearly three decades with the mining and construction equipment maker.

July 30, 2017

Mining jobs in Canada to go begging: MiHR report

A torrent of retirements over the next 10 years is poised to wreak havoc on the mining labour market in Canada.

July 28, 2017

Zinc and cobalt look good; gold and silver are consolidating, says Elysee Development

And vanadium has bottomed.