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…

March 26, 2014

Suncor can’t randomly drug test employees, panel rules

Panel rules the program would be an unreasonable invasion of privacy.

March 26, 2014

Mysterious stock dump sends Montreal metals junior tanking

Orbite Aluminae crashed 36% in massive volumes on Wednesday without any fresh news that could have prompted the sell-off in the alumina and rare earth technology company.

March 26, 2014

Capstone Mining gains on life-of-mine extension

The Pinto Valley copper mine in Arizona was supposed to stop producing in 2018.

March 26, 2014

Taseko fights for New Prosperity, files second judicial review application

Says government held 'inappropriate closed door meetings with opponents' of the proposed mine.

March 26, 2014

The US now produces more than 10% of the world’s crude, thanks to the shale industry

US tight oil production averaged 3.22 million barrels per day over the past three months.

March 26, 2014

Canada’s oil sands hit hardest by investment barriers to Chinese firms

Chinese capital could fund 40% of the necessary investment in the country's oil sands over the next 20 years.

March 26, 2014

Jeff Killeen: A picky player’s guide to a cautiously optimistic mining market

The price of gold may be enjoying a double-digit increase so far this year and some equities may even have doubled their value, but Jeff Killeen of CIBC World Markets…