September 15, 2015

How Potash Corp is set to win in the upcoming potash war

The global potash market is about to get competitive, and Potash Corp.'s shareholders should pay attention.

September 14, 2015

Crucial week for Dominion Diamond’s Ekati mine

The company hopes to begin mining from the Jay pit before Ekati's existing reserves run out in 2020, and so avoid laying off workers.

September 14, 2015

Mitigating risk when travelling to a dangerous location

Mineral exploration requires venturing into some of the remotest, most contested and most vulnerable places in the world. Mitigating risk is a crucial aspect of operations for a mining company,…

September 14, 2015

Awakening a Canadian gold giant

Barring a gold price fall, Sabina now has the potential to re-rate its share price and finance the lower-capex Back River, which we believe a major will ultimately snap up.

September 13, 2015

Wabush 3 jumps environmental hurdle

The expansion, which would add about a dozen years to the mine, would begin construction in 2016 with mining starting in 2018.

September 11, 2015

Teck Resources to expand its Fording River coal mine

Teck to expand its Fording River coal mine but with met coal global glut, the question now is whether the project will proceed as originally planned.

September 10, 2015

BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.

September 10, 2015

Ivanhoe Mines, Laurentian University and University of Limpopo forge educational partnership

A principal goal of the five-year partnership, which is renewable for a further five years, is to develop and equip the University of Limpopo’s geology department to become a centre…

September 10, 2015

BHP Billiton and SaskPower Partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

BHP Billiton would contribute to the establishment of a global knowledge centre to help promote research and reduce the cost and risk associated with new CCS projects.

September 10, 2015

Mineral IRL reopens Peru gold mine after reaching deal with locals

Latin America-focused precious metals miner extended a social contract with locals until 2018.