December 24, 2014 Cliffs’ Bloom Lake hit with record environmental fine The $7.5m fine was imposed following the Triangle Tailings Pond dam breach in May 2011 and other environmental missteps over a period of 18 months.
December 24, 2014 Why I dig the dog days of December There should be a significant rally in junior resource stocks in the early days of 2015.
December 24, 2014 One employee shot dead at B2Gold Masbate project in the Philippines The security guard, a long-time employee at the Masbate gold project, was killed by a fellow guard on Saturday, following an argument between the two.
December 24, 2014 Ladies (and gentlemen) prefer coloured diamonds The market for coloured gemstones is on fire, with pink diamonds, rubies and sapphires achieving record prices. This infographic sheds some light on the situation.
December 23, 2014 Canada’s oil producers feeling pain of low prices as drilling rigs drop to 5-year low Canadian oil producers are proving less resilient than their U.S. counterparts to plunging prices.
December 22, 2014 Federal court hands win to First Nations over Canadian gov’t re contentious omnibus bills Ottawa should have consulted First Nations before introducing two omnibus bills that sparked the "Idle No More" protests, in 2012.
December 22, 2014 Oil sands technology questioned after series of leaks polluting aquifers Method under scrutiny is the so-called cyclic steam stimulation, which is the same it was being used at CNRL's Primrose site during a major spill last year.
December 19, 2014 Canada approves world’s largest copper-gold project $9.5bn KSM project in British Columbia boasts reserves of 38m ounces of gold and nearly 10bn pounds of copper – mining 130,000 tonnes a day for 52 years.
December 19, 2014 UK legislators call for an end to forced labour in Eritrea mines According to the legislators, international mining companies —mainly from Australia, Canada and the U.K— are using the forced labour of Eritreans in their operations.
December 18, 2014 Trevali surges on polymetallic mine restart Vancouver-based junior jumps 8.5% after hitting targets for re-start of 100%-owned Caribou zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold mine in New Brunswick, Canada.
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am
