Constantine Metal to spend $2.15 million on Palmer project in Alaska

The situation may soon change, as authorities have began talks with the country’s top miners, signalling the possibility of a compromise over the country’s new tax regime.

Beleaguered Imperial Metals (TSX:III), whose Mount Polley mine in central British Columbia breached a tailings pond last summer, has submitted a plan to restart the copper and gold mine.

This is Aaron Regent’s first acquisition since founding Toronto-based Magris Resources.

Artisanal and illegal gold mining is fast extending its destructive reach into some of the world’s most untouched landscapes.

A mineral exploration company faced an unusual situation recently, when Ontario mining officials enforced foreign orders against mining claims for which the company had recorded its interest.

Price volatility, geopolitical turmoil, rising costs, declining grades and a general lack of financing will make of 2015 another challenging year for the sector.

Over just two days the copper price rout has slashed $134 billion off the value of the reserves of the world's largest producers.

Copper tumbled Wednesday to fresh six-year lows, dipping below $5,500 a tonne. Stocks in miners of the industrial metal are getting hammered.

The 56 year old who built Xstrata into one of the world’s biggest mining firms and then sold it to Glencore, is tipped to be on the verge of landing his first big fish.