March 31, 2014

Barrick Gold slashes pay, adopts exec scorecard

Chairman John Thornton had to make do with $7 million less and CEO Jamie Sokalsky's take home shrank 3.7 million last year when shares in the world's number one gold…

March 31, 2014

Declining coal prices to hit producers even harder

Australian coal miners to be the most affected.

March 30, 2014

Canadian Mint honours Pope John Paul II with gold, silver coins

Coins show pope during Mass in first Canadian visit.

March 28, 2014

HudBay target Augusta says it’s got nine potential buyers

Company says 'significant industry players' are among them.

March 28, 2014

Desperate Canadian juniors turn to medical pot industry to raise funds

In the last two months at least a dozen juniors have announced they are considering growing cannabis.

March 28, 2014

US city mulls blocking Canada’s oil sands crude from reaching its port

South Portland, in Maine, could be the first US city to pass a law preventing Canada’s crude from Alberta’s oil sand from getting to its port.

March 27, 2014

Coking coal price crashes through $100

Spot Australian coking coal export price in single digits for the first time and contract prices at 6-year lows.

March 27, 2014

Stornoway’s vast diamond mine, Quebec’s first, to begin operations in 2016

Shares in the company were soaring Thursday.

March 27, 2014

Orbite shares stage huge comeback

Stock in Montreal-based metal technology and alumina company which mysteriously tanked yesterday regained most of the lost ground on Thursday.

March 27, 2014

Potash power plays: Rio Tinto’s big blunder

The vaulting ambition of Rio Tinto to become a global potash producing powerhouse has been thrown an unexpected curveball. And it's one that could prove hugely embarrassing for one of…