Despite funding shortfall, US Oil Sands aiming for Q4 start-up
Calgary-based US Oil Sands is seeking over $6 million by year-end to finish $62.5-million project.
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Will falling Chinese imports put the brakes on rising silver price?
We would tend to disagree, taking silver’s more valuable sibling as a guide.
Majors are on the hunt for new metal
Conversations and conferences of late have reinforced a few factors that define today’s young mining bull market.
Scrap value of copper encourages wire thieves in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan police saw increased interest in copper wire.
Chinese firm buys Anglo American niobium and phosphate operation in Brazil
CMOC bought Fosfatos Brasil Limitada and Nióbio Brasil Limitada for US$1.7 billion.
Barrick Gold’s Veladero mine to remain suspended
Provincial mining police found Barrick had not installed security cameras and sensors as required.
Vale board not even talking about fertilizer sale
Long-rumoured deal with US Mosaic to buy Brazilian unit worth up to $3 billion goes quiet.
Precious metals, nickel, zinc likely to outperform over next 2 years — analysts
The commodity research teams at Macquarie and Barclays, however, are not as optimistic when it comes to potash, aluminum and steel.
CHARTS: Silver, gold ETF investors diverge on price outlook
While some are backing out of gold, investors continued to pour a record 67 million ounces into physically-backed silver ETFs this year.
