March 9, 2012 Xstrata pays top dollar for BC met coal field Xstrata's relentless appetite for coal, particularly the metallurgical variety, was again evident on Thursday after it bought Talisman's Peace River deposit for $500 million.
March 9, 2012 Alberta oil sands: bear death toll rises, Lakotas protest Black bears are frequently wandering into the oil sands of Alberta, Canada in search of food. And they are being shot on site, by the hundreds, by conservation officers.
March 8, 2012 Labrador Iron Ore Royalty reports profit down in 2011 compared with 2010 Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp. (TSX:LIF.UN) traded lower Thursday after the company reported yesterday a drop in its full-year earnings as iron ore sales slipped.
March 8, 2012 Hudbay’s cash grows 42% in fourth quarter Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) rang in the fourth quarter with a $34.3 million profit or 21 cents per share, compared to $7.9 million or seven cents a share at the end…
March 7, 2012 ATCO tapped to build 2,586-person village in north Saskatchewan for potash project ATCO announced on Monday that it has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to design, build and operate a 2,586-person turnkey workforce housing lodge for BHP Billiton’s Jansen Potash Project, 100…
March 7, 2012 KI First Nation set to block Canadian company from prospecting for gold on their land Despite the Ontario government’s efforts to avoid a confrontation between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community members and God's Lake Resources representatives during the world’s leading mining exploration Convention, PDAC, the conflict…
March 7, 2012 Wanted: 100,000 mining workers in next decade in Canada Canada’s mining sector is entering a period of “significant and sustained growth,” according to a recent report from the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), which will translate into the need…
March 7, 2012 Patagonia Gold announces exercise of options Patagonia Gold Plc (TSX:PAT, AIM:PGD) ("the Company") yesterday was notified that William Humphries, Chief Executive Officer, acquired 300,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on…
March 6, 2012 528% jump in the stock price? That’s what I call a good day in junior mining The stock chart is enough to make every mining investor relations professional salivate. A gradual bumping along at around 25c a share, and then, like a sudden lurching of the…
March 6, 2012 Commerce Resources Corp. Reports Significant Increase in Resources and Grade at the Ashram Rare Earth Element Deposit, Northern Quebec SGS Geostat has determined a base case Inferred mineral resource of 219.8 million tonnes containing 1.88% TREO, an Indicated mineral resource of 27.7 million tonnes containing 1.90% TREO, and a…
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
