October 5, 2014

U.S. threatens Zimbabwe with further sanctions over $3B platinum mine

The United States is wagging its finger at Zimbabwe, threatening to ratchet up sanctions over a plan to develop a platinum mine involving Russian and Zimbabwean companies.

October 3, 2014

Ship laden with Arctic nickel on historic Northwest Passage voyage

The polar class vessel is loaded with a cargo of nickel concentrate from Nunavik’s Deception Bay destined for the port of Bayuquan, northern China.

October 3, 2014

Former Barrick chief buys Iamgold mine

This is the first asset Aaron Regent's private equity firm acquires, after failing to buy Glencore’s Las Bambas copper project in Peru.

October 3, 2014

Glencore now idles zinc mine in Zambia over tax refund row

The company is cutting 169 jobs at the mine.

October 2, 2014

Why Canadian pipeline companies are moving billions in assets to U.S. subsidiaries

The move allows Canadian firms to pay less in tax and raise more capital for their major projects.

October 2, 2014

Canada launches $1.25bn large-scale carbon capture and storage plant

The project, first of its kind in the world, aims to demonstrate that the so-called “clean coal” technologies are feasible.

October 2, 2014

Goldcorp begins production at Quebec’s Eleonore mine

Output for this year is expected to be between 40,000 and 60,000 ounces of gold, reaching 7,000 tonnes a day by 2018.

October 2, 2014

Yamana Gold reaches record quarterly production in Q3

Yamana Gold achieves record quarterly production in Q3 of over 390,000 ounces.

October 1, 2014

Japanese trader offloads $1 billion Canadian coal mine for $1

Marubeni Corp., a Japanese trader that with a partner bought Canada’s Grande Cache Coal Corp. for about $1-billion (U.S.) three years ago, will dispose it for a nominal $1 to…

October 1, 2014

Glencore halts copper projects in Zambia over tax row

The standoff marks a major setback for the miner, which is in the process of upgrading its copper assets in Zambia hoping to increase output by at least 50% by…