September 12, 2014

Anglo American puts Peace River on care and maintenance

Anglo American is putting its Peace River metallurgical coal operation on care and maintenance. Operations at the Trend mine will cease at the end of 2014.

September 12, 2014

All quiet on the gold front: time to buy — Westhaven

Westhaven hunts for bonanza grade gold on its Shovelnose gold property.

September 12, 2014

Montreal company achieves high gold recovery withou cyanide or mercury

Dundee Sustainable Technologies (DST) has successfully pilot tested its environmentally friendly gold process, achieving a high recovery rate without the use of cyanide or mercury.

September 12, 2014

Saskatoon miners safe after underground potash mine fire

Around 8:30 p.m. CST Thursday, the last 3 miners who had taken refuge in safety stations at the Allan mine were brought to the surface after 24 hours underground.

September 11, 2014

Jeff Killeen: Cash and catalysts rule the day

Jeff Killeen, mining analyst with CIBC World Markets offers his insight and hands-on perspective on several developers and producers with near-term catalysts.

September 11, 2014

True North Gems secures $11 million finance package for the Aappaluttoq Ruby Project in SW Greenland

Company says the agreement will provide additional resources to transition quickly into the construction phase of the project.

September 10, 2014

Term contract pricing in the diamond market- Paying for supply security

The essence of a term contract is that the price is being set in the spot market. Now this poses a question for price discovery mechanism - is the spot…

September 10, 2014

Market design in the rough diamond market – seeing something new

The game of interaction between buyers and sellers of the diamond market is peculiar and inefficient.

September 10, 2014

Waste has just stopped leaking from Mount Polley mine

A government inspection to the Mount Polley mine last week found waste was still leaking from its breached tailing dam facility.

September 10, 2014

New wave of diamond fever sweeps Canada’s Northwest Territories

Diamond deposits, in the words of one senior geologist, are like pigeons. Where you find one, you're likely to find an entire flock.