Argonaut and Alio announce gold-focused merger

The miner is spending $1.3 million in exploration work aimed to reopen a historic tin-indium mine in Nova Scotia.

The company, however, says it has not yet received any direct communication from Mongolia on the matter.

The Canadian miner said it expects the lower output to "adversely" impact costs at the mine.

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

The miner, which does not yet generates any income, expects to kick-off production at its Lemphane and Mothae mines later this year.

By 2017, large emitters will have to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gases by 20%, while carbon levies will double from $15 a tonne to $30 a tonne.

The company, however, said it remained committed to the diamond industry.

Potashcorp shares jump after making unsolicited bid for Europe's largest potash producer amid fundamental shifts in the industry.

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