3.6% plunge to just above $50 a tonne on Tuesday brings year to date losses to 28%.

Designed to endure the physical and thermal shock common to the marine environment, the new chocking/grouting compound is specifically formulated to spread out evenly across irregular surfaces. More importantly, unlike similar liquid applied chocking systems, Belzona 7111 can be stored and has currently been tested to confirm a three year shelf life.

Lubrication solutions specialist FLO Components Ltd. has announced its introduction into Canada, of the new Hose Connection Control System (HCC) to monitor the grease lines in automatic greasing systems on trucks and heavy equipment (construction, road building, mining, etc.).

Montreal company's shares are up 26% in 3 weeks following acquisition of Natougou gold deposit in Burkina Faso after $147m takeover of Orbis Gold.

The price of gold experienced its longest winning streak since 2012, last week as the price broke through the $1,200 level early Thursday and soared as high as $1,220 as Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Shiite militants in Yemen.

It has been a tough year for investors in silver mining stocks, with the precious metal seeing its price plunging by over 14% and stubbornly remaining under US$20 per ounce.

The first European sale of the new Sandvik CH865 mid-range mining cone crushers will be delivered to Björkdalsgruvan gold mine in northern Sweden.

The SEC said a rule requiring energy and mining companies to disclose payments to governments for the extraction of natural resources won't come until —at least— spring 2016.

But the fund warned that only further tightening of fiscal and monetary polices would contain the country's large deficits.