March 22, 2012

Metals Economics Group pipeline activity index, March 2012

Metals Economics Group (MEG) Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) slid for the third consecutive month in January to its lowest level since mid-2010, before showing some encouraging signs of recovery in…

March 22, 2012

Global mining firms face energy crisis

Global mining firms say energy vulnerability is a risk they worry about in one of the last relatively unexplored countries, which is thought to still have big undiscovered deposits even…

March 21, 2012

Canada’s Quebec budget banks on mining royalties to balance books

The government of Quebec, Canada’s most indebted province, is banking on a royalty windfall from its natural-resources sector, especially mining, to help begin its long climb out of the red.

March 21, 2012

Aquila Enters Into Operating Agreement with HudBay Minerals for Back Forty Project

Aquila Resources Inc. (TSX: AQA)(OTCQX:AQARF)(FRANKFURT:JM4A) ("Aquila" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the Company has entered into an Operating Agreement with HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM) ("Hudbay") to advance work…

March 19, 2012

Teck and China’s Ministry of Agriculture Sign Agreement to Promote Zinc Fertilizer

Teck Resources LimitedLimited ("Teck", TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) and the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture of China (NATESC) announced today that they…

March 15, 2012

Chinese demand for zinc will outstrip mine output

Zinc fundamentals in China look promising according to a new report sourced by Intierra.

March 15, 2012

Northern B.C. economy set to overtake Metro Vancouver

Northern B.C. is about to pass Metro Vancouver for economic growth, according to a new forecast by Central 1 Credit Union.

March 14, 2012

Green Swan Continues With Acquisition Strategy in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle

Green Swan Capital Corp. ("Green Swan") (TSX VENTURE:GSW) today announced it has agreed to purchase a package of six non-contiguous mining tenures in southeastern British Columbia.

March 8, 2012

Hudbay’s cash grows 42% in fourth quarter

Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) rang in the fourth quarter with a $34.3 million profit or 21 cents per share, compared to $7.9 million or seven cents a share at the end…

March 6, 2012

Kagara lays off 130 employees after posting A$48.9 million loss

Queensland base metal miner, Kagara Mining, said 130 of its staff were becoming redundant after the company posted an A$48.9 million loss in the first half of its financial year.