Newmont offers special dividend if Goldcorp takeover approved

Four months after having its Keystone XL pipeline project rejected by the Obama Administration, TransCanada Corp. is taking another crack at the $7.6-billion project.

Trading has been suspended for Focus Metals (CVE:FMS) pending a material announcement.

Matt Manson, Stornoway's President and CEO, stated: "This financing announcement is another important milestone in the development of Quebec's first diamond mine. This loan will provide Stornoway with good funding flexibility as we begin the ramp-up to the capital programs anticipated at Renard in 2013 and 2014.

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract from Teck (NYSE: TCK) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Highland Valley Copper Mill Optimization project in British Columbia, Canada.

The Canadian penny will get a ministerial send off when the Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will be on hand to watch the last minting.

Pretium Resources, a gold junior developing the Brucejack and Snowfield properties in British Columbia, today raised $70 million through a share offering.

Zimbabwe's mine output increased in the first quarter, leading to surging revenues for government coffers, NewsDay is reporting.

Toronto-based First Nickel (TSX:FNI) had a good quarter, raising its production at the Lockerby mine 87% from Q4 2011.

PotashCorp chief executive Bill Doyle threw down a challenge to rival BHP Billiton today, saying in an interview with The Financial Post that he doesn't believe the world's biggest miner is able to establish a potash beachhead in Canada with its Jansen mine.