November 18, 2014 Stans mining licence rightfully acquired — Kyrgyz Supreme Court Stans acquired a 20-year mining license for the past-producing Kutessay II rare earth mine in December 2009, but a local company had claimed being the rightful owner of such permit.
November 18, 2014 Blood diamonds still at Central African mining sector’s heart A year after an export ban on raw gems in the country, reports show its diamonds are being sold to traders from Sudan to Belgium.
November 18, 2014 Iron ore price crashes 4% Drops to June 2009 levels on the way to $70 a tonne after Chinese house prices fall for sixth month in a row.
November 18, 2014 Only 38 pct of aboriginal Canadians have a favourable perception of mining About 1,200 Aboriginal communities are located within 200 kilometres of approximately 180 producing mines.
November 17, 2014 Final decision on Keystone XL pipeline may end up in Nebraska’s hands While most senators support the pipeline, a binding vote has not been held in the Senate under a Democratic majority since 2012.
November 17, 2014 Osisko to buy Virginia Mines for $424m, merge gold assets The friendly deal creates a tMontreal-based gold-royalty company with a market capitalization of about $1.15 billion (Cdn$1.3 billion).
November 17, 2014 Mothballed Jericho diamond mine floats in legal limbo The fate of Canada's Jericho diamond mine —declared by Ottawa to be “closed or abandoned” in January 2014— seems no clearer today than it was a year ago.
November 16, 2014 ‘Sluggish Q4’ ahead with persistently weak metal prices – EY Canadian mining equities suffered in the third quarter due to a fall in metals prices, especially gold prices, as a result of a strengthening U.S. dollar, said EY.
November 14, 2014 Obama blasts Keystone as U.S. House votes in favour of approving it Veto likely if passed by Congress.
November 14, 2014 First point minerals intersects broad zones of magnetically recovered nickel in drilling at Mich property in Yukon First Point Minerals Corp. (FPX-TSX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from its first diamond drilling campaign at the 100%-owned Mich nickel-iron alloy ("awaruite") property, located…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm