Experts warn of brewing space mining war among US, China and Russia

Operations have been halted since Friday, when one of the two unions blocked all access to El Peñón as a way to press management.

Expected increased in the adoption of alternative energy sources by the country's gold sector to be boosted by recently passed regulations, such as the carbon tax.

Proposed refinancing comes after Paladin failed to sell a 24% stake in its Langer Heinrich mine to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which was expected to fetch $175 million.

Analysts qualified the move as a “game changer.”

The adoption of a“partial upgrading” technology could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars into Alberta's economy, a new study claims.

The Vancouver-based company plans to complete 6,000 metres of additional drilling at Filo del Sol, its flagship project.

The move comes less than two years after the Montreal-based firm decided to add exposure to the steelmaking raw material by grabbing a stake in the fellow Canadian iron ore company.

The state's environmental authority has approved Toro Energy’s Wiluna project, in the northern Goldfields.

Any re-instatement of sanctions will, if at all, pose minimal additional hurdles to new investors, BMI Research says.