August 1, 2018

Barrick Gold makes China investor push as markets slump

Barrick Gold Corp will make a bigger push to attract institutional investors in China under a new deeper-ties pact with Shandong Gold, aimed at bolstering its shareholder base, executives told…

August 1, 2018

Replenishing economic diamond resources, a daunting task for miners

Given that most of the high-economic diamond deposits in the world have already been put into production, diluted via expansion, or depleted, going forward the economics of diamond mines will…

August 1, 2018

Imperial testing driverless oilsands haulers at Kearl

Imperial Oil says it has commenced and is ready to expand field testing of driverless oilsands heavy haulers.

July 31, 2018

Canadian craft brewers scramble for aluminum cans

Canadian microbreweries are facing a shortage of cans and higher costs, forcing some to cut beer production after the country imposed retaliatory import duties on U.S. aluminum imports in the…

July 31, 2018

McEwen Mining posts loss on strong investment to grow key assets

The Canadian precious metals miner logged a $10.6-million net loss for the first half of the year following a $49-million investment in its Gold Bar, Black Fox and Los Azules…

July 30, 2018

First Quantum extends copper hedging, even as trade war clips prices

The miner said it aims to ensure a level of cash flow for its $6.3 billion Cobre Panama project ahead of commercial production.

July 30, 2018

US State Department sees ‘minimum’ impact from Keystone XL new route

The alternate route approved last year by Nebraska regulators is expected to have minor to moderate effects on three of the eight environmental categories the U.S. State Department assessed.

July 30, 2018

Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M

Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.

July 29, 2018

Pebble’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement to be ready in January

A “scoping report” based on 175,000 comments will be published in August 2018.

July 27, 2018

Workers at First Quantum’s mine in Spain go on strike

They are demanding hazard pay for subcontractors.