May 1, 2012 Shear recovers 3,500 carats from Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut, Canada Canadian junior Shear Diamonds Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRM) announced today it’s begun processing diamonds from the stockpiles at its Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut, Canada.
May 1, 2012 Mining blamed for Canadian economy unexpected dip in February Canada's gross domestic product surprisingly dropped 0.2% in February, with all fingers pointing at the manufacturing and mining sectors, particularly potash and nickel producers, as the main responsible, says the…
May 1, 2012 Cameco gains 5% after strong quarter Sales volumes were up 33% at Cameco, the world's largest uranium miner in Q1. Revenue increased 22% to $563 million and gross profit showed a gain of 31% to $178…
May 1, 2012 Canadian Oil Sands divvies up 17% more as $23 syncrude discount evaporates From a 7-year low against US benchmark crude only six weeks ago, syncrude on Monday moved into premium territory.
April 30, 2012 Junior mine developer Rubicon snatches Goldcorp veteran for top spot Michael Lalonde is jumping ship from Goldcorp to Rubicon Minerals as the latter moves its Phoenix gold project in the Red Lake district through to production.
April 30, 2012 Teck cashes in on Chile’s copper For centuries, pilgrims have thronged to the Chilean mountain town of Andacollo – to worship at the historic church and to mine the dusty hills for copper. Now a new…
April 30, 2012 Memo to the NDP and Greens: don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Resource jobs are in danger because the province's elites are 'detached from economic reality', according to a Vancouver Sun editorial.
April 30, 2012 North America to lead energy investments in 2012: analysts North America will head global energy investments this year, driven by boom in unconventional production, with a $392 billion on upstream capital and operating expenditures in the region, say global…
April 30, 2012 Canada becoming world class iron ore region, copper to rally H2 -Scotiabank’s Mohr China's push to diversify its supplies away from the big three iron ore miners is propelling development that will transform Canada's Nunavut/Labrador Trough into a world-class iron ore region.
April 29, 2012 A significant paradigm shift in public activism There has been a significant paradigm shift in public activism in Canada and a growing hostility toward mining and dogmatic opposition by environmentalists and social action groups toward virtually all…
Ports for Australia’s Pilbara iron ore region closed due to cyclone Port Hedland, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Western Australia's state capital, Perth, is the world's biggest export point for iron ore. February 07, 2026 | 11:40 am
