Silver Top Stories

Hudbay Minerals investor Waterton seeks to replace CEO, board

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is launching a proxy fight with Hudbay Minerals, pushing to overhaul the board and oust its chief executive over alleged "mismanagement."

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2019 | 8:23 am

Mining’s biggest jobs are up for grabs. Here are the contenders

Some of the mining world’s top executives are starting to…

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2019 | 4:35 pm

Canada’s McEwen Mining 2018 production exceeds guidance

The precious metals miner produced 175,561 ounces of ore last…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2019 | 5:20 am

IDM’s Red Mountain gold and silver mine gets environmental permit

Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister, Catherine McKenna, said the proposed…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2019 | 3:17 am

GGX drills more high grade at Gold Drop in BC

Gold Drop was mined intermittently from 1919 to the 1980's…

Northern Miner Staff | January 14, 2019 | 2:22 pm

New Silvertip Mine in northern B.C. set to start construction

About 200 jobs.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 29, 2015 | 8:09 pm

Rocket explosion a fresh blow to asteroid mining ambitions

Sunday's fiasco was the third major failure for America's commercial space industry in less than a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2015 | 4:55 pm

BHP tipped as favourite in race for Barrick’s Zaldivar mine in Chile

BHP already operates the world’s largest copper mine, Escondida, which sits, quite literally, across the road from Zaldivar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2015 | 4:31 am

Dismal state of TSX-V in two crushing graphs

Bear market is more than 1,000 days old and nearly 1,200 companies have dropped off the Toronto venture market.

Frik Els | June 25, 2015 | 2:50 pm

China readies to launch yuan gold fix before year-end

While details remain unknown, it is believed the fix would be launched via the Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's biggest physical bullion exchange.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 8:15 am

BHP cuts another 140 jobs over abandoned Olympic Dam expansion plans

The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 3:26 am

Chile may revoke Teck’s copper mine permit over environmental breaches

Teck is facing sanctions over infractions that include openings in the deposit where the ore is stored and a failure to build sufficient water infrastructure.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2015 | 7:10 am