April 24, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: Quick primer on cobalt and batteries By 2020, cobalt used in rechargeable batteries for everything from cellphones to cars could be greater than today's total global refined market.
April 24, 2014 Construction, not mining lifts Caterpillar’s profit The world’s largest maker of heavy machinery posted a 5% increase in quarterly profit, beating analysts’ estimates.
April 24, 2014 Public muzzled in Trans Mountain debate, critics say Unlike it happened for the Northern Gateway project, there will be no public hearing schedule for the Trans Mountain pipeline.
April 24, 2014 First seabed mine to go ahead as Nautilus solves dispute with PNG Under the agreement, the Papua New Guinea government paid Nautilus $7 million, which entitles it to a 15% stake in the project, with an option to increase it by another…
April 23, 2014 CHART: So far so good on the 3-year gold, silver stocks rule In three decades, the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index has never declined four years in a row.
April 23, 2014 Barrick-Newmont merger could be as good as gold The new gold giant would have a market value of $33 billion, operations on five continents, and a gold output of well over 12 million ounces a year.
April 23, 2014 Canada re-vitalises diamond exploration 25 years on Canada’s newest diamond exploration company, Margaret Lake Diamonds Inc. commenced trading this morning on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol DIA.
April 23, 2014 Canada says whales no longer in danger as oil pipeline verdict looms Despite objections from several groups, the Harper government declared over the weekend the humpback a "species of special concern" under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
April 23, 2014 Night of the living dead miners: rare earth ‘zombies’ attack ASX, TSX In 2010, rare earth and specialty metals market froth had speculators throwing money at a sector they didn't understand, and opportunistic resource company managers stepped up to take their money.
April 22, 2014 Teck invests further in Halifax’s Erdene to expand copper exploration in Mongolia Erdene Resource owns the Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project, located in southwest Mongolia, 200 kilometres from the border with China.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
