Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 11, 2017 | 4:15 am

Erdene new gold zone at Mongolia Bayan Khundii project larger than expected

Bayan Khundii project went from greenfield prospect to being Erdene’s flagship asset in roughly nine months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2017 | 10:25 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2017 | 9:17 am

Kazatomprom buys uranium as inventory under pressure

World’s top uranium producer Kazakhstan to cut output by 10%

Analysts qualified the move as a “game changer.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2017 | 7:41 am

Canadian oil sand producers could fetch up to $15 more per barrel with this technology

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2017 | 4:15 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2017 | 3:52 am

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 company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2017 | 9:03 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2017 | 6:44 am

‘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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2017 | 4:15 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2017 | 11:12 am