March 21, 2017

Trump’s repeal of anti-corruption rules could give US companies advantage over industry peers, says Fasken Martineau white collar expert

On February 14, 2017, President Trump signed into law a joint resolution of Congress to repeal a critical anti-corruption rule for oil, gas and mining companies.

March 21, 2017

A core holding keeps getting better

Fund manager Adrian Day reviews one of his favorite resource companies and updates a few others.

March 21, 2017

Tribunal favours Barrick, Antofagasta in Pakistan lease denial case

The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) said Pakistan violated several provisions of its bilateral investment treaty with Australia, where the joint venture between Barrick and Antofagasta is…

March 21, 2017

Chile steps up efforts to lure mining investors beyond copper sector

The country, already the world's second largest producer of lithium, is seeking to create private-public partnerships to exploit 61% of its resource-rich territory, currently available for licensing.

March 20, 2017

$5.5 billion private capital ready to invest in mining

"Investors are willing to back their positive sentiment towards natural resources with fresh capital commitments," says new study.

March 20, 2017

Callinex acquires the high-grade Tara Lake VMS Deposit near Flin Flon, MB

Callinex Mines Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Big Island Project located 10 km east from HudBay's…

March 20, 2017

CHARTS: Hedge funds turn commodity bears at record pace

Large-scale futures speculators sour on commodity sector in a big way – bullish bets on gold price cut by nearly 50%, most since 2015.

March 20, 2017

North Korea admits six died in iron ore mine accident

Seven miners were initially trapped after the Jan. 9 incident at the Unryul iron ore mine, but only one survived.

March 19, 2017

No end in sight for strike at La Escondida

A 39-day-long stoppage at the world’s largest copper mine may continue for up to three months.

March 17, 2017

Zinc price rally is back on

Zinc ends week up 6.7% – RBC says more price gains ahead.