Agnico Eagle looking at hovercrafts to explore Meadowbank
The owner of Canada's coldest mine is hoping to reach another milestone with an unusual piece of exploration equipment.
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China won’t buy any more North Korean coal this year
The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.
Agnico Eagle green lights construction of 2 new Nunavut gold mines
Agnico Eagle's board of directors has given the go-ahead for construction of the Meliadine and Amaruq gold mines in Nunavut.
The world’s top 10 highest-grade copper mines
While the copper market is gaining momentum, it is a good time to look at the copper mining champions in terms of copper grade in ore reserves.
Gold gets a shot in the arm from inflation and China
The question I have is: Why would an investor deliberately choose to lose money? But that’s precisely what’s happening now with inflation where it is.
Uranium price rally comes to screeching halt
Down more than 6% Friday as realities of Japanese reactor restarts make an impact.
CHARTS: The gigantic paper market to price gold
The gold market dwarves turnover on the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 combined, German and UK government bonds and even some of the top currency pairs.
Customer-centric innovation model a big win for tire supplier
With material haulage comprising roughly 50% of a mining operation's costs, it's not a shock to learn that tire replacement is an expensive endeavour.
INFOGRAPHIC: 11 visualizations of gold show its value and rarity
With all that value coming from such a small package, sometimes it is hard to put gold’s immense worth into context.