September 18, 2014

Canada’s shale boom: more to come in Montney

In the world of a constantly changing oil and gas environment, the Montney shale basin is the sleeping giant that holds the key to accelerating Canada’s shale oil and gas…

September 18, 2014

Positive drill results from Howse deposit

The drill results from the Howse iron ore deposit near Schefferville, QC, are positive with grades in the 65% range. The deposit is the target of a $5-million exploration program…

September 18, 2014

What will Ivan buy next? Take 2

"All that's required is to hand the world’s best mining assets to the world’s best management."

September 18, 2014

Rock drill runner up in Dyson design award

Humber College's Borys Chylinski selected as a Canadian runner up for the James Dyson Award for his Skorpion compact underground drill carrier.

September 16, 2014

Uralkali: No plans to bring back Russia-Belarus potash pact

No going back to clubby system of tightly controlled global supply and set prices that served North American and European producers so well in the past.

September 16, 2014

Ex-Barrick CEO Sokalsky joins junior Probe Mines as chairman

This July, after two years at the helm of the world’s largest gold miner, Jamie Sokalsky stepped down as President and CEO of Barrick.

September 16, 2014

Anger and confusion after worst disaster in Canadian mining history darkens B.C. town

Since that cataclysmic event a cloud has hung over little Likely, a village of perhaps 350 huddled at the top of Quesnel Lake, 600 kilometres north of Vancouver.

September 14, 2014

Banks Island announces $1.5 million non-brokered private placement offering

Vancouver-junior focused on Yellow Giant property in British Columbia.

September 13, 2014

B2Gold Corp. shareholders overwhelmingly approve the merger with Papillon Resources Limited

80.3% of the B2Gold shareholders voted 99.9% in favour.

September 12, 2014

Vale’s Q2 nickel production plunges in Sudbury

Vale’s companywide nickel production in the second quarter of 2014 was 61,600 tonnes, an 8.6% drop from the first quarter and 5.3% fall from the year-ago period.