New Century eyes Vale’s New Caledonia mine

The project, renamed NuevaUnion, would be one of the largest copper-gold-molybdenum mines ever-developed in Latin America.

Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.

While Dominion Diamond has pushed construction of Ekati’s new Jay pipe to 2018, Rio has said that a denial of a request to change its water licence could have an adverse impact on Diavik.

These are early days at Storm. But if Aston Bay can prove up a high-grade copper deposit there, the impact on Nunavut’s economy could be considerable.

Sirius' mine, located beneath a U.K. national park, is set to generate an initial 10 million tonnes per year of polyhalite – a form of potash.

The golden statue was supposed to be the centrepiece of a campaign launched in conjunction with a series of books and events to raise money for cancer research.

Saskatchewan has lost its only home-grown gold miner, which last year produced a record-75,748 ounces of the yellow metal.

The company said the arbitration proceedings will be held at Stockholm and Sweden, and that they will be conducted under the UNCITRAL rules.

Current strategy director Bruce Cleaver will replace Philippe Mellier, who held the position for five years.