July 7, 2014

Taseko upbeat on New Prosperity after land ruling

Miner confident project will move forward.

July 7, 2014

Gold industry admits fix must be fixed

Debate focused on modernizing or replacing century-old pricing process.

July 7, 2014

Massive layoffs expected in Zimbabwe as diamond deposits run out

It has become economically unviable for miners to dig any deeper for the precious stones.

July 6, 2014

US rail traffic hits traffic highs thanks to commodities

Even coal showing a gain.

July 6, 2014

Anniversary of Lac-Mégantic train disaster

Memorial on Sunday.

July 4, 2014

Five mining stocks billionaire George Soros is buying

In 2010 at the World Economic Forum, legendary investor George Soros called gold “the ultimate asset bubble.” He failed to mention, however, that his hedge fund had just doubled the…

July 4, 2014

Canadian oil sands economic impact highly overrated: poll

A majority of Canadians overestimate the contribution the oil sands make to the world’s 11th largest economy, a study published Friday reveals.

July 3, 2014

Barrick Gold ready to offload Montana-based Golden Sunlight Mine

The move is part of a now two-year-long move to shed non-core assets and pay back debts.

July 2, 2014

Zimbabwe miners to shut down after diamond resource exhausted

Two of the seven miners at Marange, Anjin and Jinan, will be shutting down.

July 2, 2014

Labrador Iron Mines halts operations on weak ore prices, high costs

The firm said it has already put in place savings initiatives in various areas including mining equipment rates, rail car leasing rates and corporate and administration costs.