January 11, 2017 Strike at Yamana Gold mine in Chile enters ninth day, shares fall Operations have been halted since Friday, when one of the two unions blocked all access to El Peñón as a way to press management.
January 11, 2017 Canada’s gold miners to embrace green energy to control costs Expected increased in the adoption of alternative energy sources by the country's gold sector to be boosted by recently passed regulations, such as the carbon tax.
January 10, 2017 Poor uranium market conditions push Paladin Energy into restructuring Proposed refinancing comes after Paladin failed to sell a 24% stake in its Langer Heinrich mine to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which was expected to fetch $175 million.
January 10, 2017 World’s top uranium producer Kazakhstan to cut output by 10% Analysts qualified the move as a “game changer.”
January 10, 2017 Canadian oil sands producers could fetch up to $15 more per barrel with this technology The adoption of a“partial upgrading” technology could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars into Alberta's economy, a new study claims.
January 10, 2017 Canada’s Filo Mining injects $7M into copper-gold-silver project on Chile Argentina border The Vancouver-based company plans to complete 6,000 metres of additional drilling at Filo del Sol, its flagship project.
January 9, 2017 Osisko Gold back to its roots, sells stake in Labrador Iron Ore The move comes less than two years after the Montreal-based firm decided to add exposure to the steelmaking raw material by grabbing a stake in the fellow Canadian iron ore…
January 9, 2017 Western Australia about to get its first uranium mine The state's environmental authority has approved Toro Energy’s Wiluna project, in the northern Goldfields.
January 9, 2017 ‘Trump effect’ on resurgent Iranian mining sector close to none — analysts Any re-instatement of sanctions will, if at all, pose minimal additional hurdles to new investors, BMI Research says.
January 6, 2017 EPA says Colorado mine spill equivalent to 4 to 7 days of ongoing acid drainage In a final report, the agency acknowledges that concentrations of some metals at the Animas river following the spill were higher than historical mine drainage.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
