Gold in a fix

The company is focusing on assets with the potential to add as much as 1.1 million ounces of gold to its total output beyond 2021.

Majors and juniors swap roles in $7 billion a year mining exploration sector

The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, benefitted from the price rally — steelmaking coal climbed 155.5% to $207 in the quarter.

Shares in the Canadian miner behind the stalled Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska nosedived after a report branded the venture as “worthless.”

The meeting is not a return to mediation but an attempt to agree to return to the negotiating table, the union said.

The firm has not been able to ship copper from the mine in over a month due to a ban on concentrate exports that kicked in on January 12.

If you’re one of the throwback gold enthusiasts likely to now number in the hundreds judging be mainstream media’s portrayal of “gold bugs”, you’re likely enjoying the apparent strength in the gold price currently evident.

EY’s Canadian Mining Eye index declined 13% in the last quarter last year as weak gold and nickel prices offset copper and zinc gains.

Shares in most gold miners fell Monday as the precious metal price dropped more than 1% in early trading and was steadily heading to its largest single-session loss of the month.