Mining Services
A Beginner´s Guide To Interpreting Drill Results
If you want to achieve a high success rate as a natural resource investor, then you must have the ability to accurately interpret drill results. This is something that few retail investors are capable of doing and therefore is a simple way of getting the upper …
A Beginner´s Guide to Mining Stocks
Due to the speculative nature of the junior mining business model as well as the geological uncertainty surrounding mineral resource estimates, investments into junior mining stocks can offer huge return potential but will also carry an equivalent amount of …
Equinox Gold Reports Mine Expansion Study in Brazil
Equinox Gold Corp. [EQX-TSXV, EQXGF-OTC] announced Monday the results of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the expansion of the Company’s 100% owned Aurizona Gold Mine in Brazil.
Southern Copper and Las Bambas called on to aid Peru’s mining manufacturing mission
The Peruvian Mining Minister Ivan Merino recently announced in an interview that the country is asking the Chinese MMG Ltd Las Bambas and the Mexican Grupo Southern Copper to help develop a railway line to the Pacific coast. The project, which would connect …
New sensor for detecting rare earths in acid mine waste
Penn State University researchers have developed a luminescence sensor that can detect terbium, one of the rarest rare earth elements, in complex environmental samples such as acid mine waste. In a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of the American …
Goldman continues to expect copper prices to rise
In a new research note, Goldman Sachs said the copper price is "ready for the next surge" as short-term headwinds ease and fundamentals pointed to a significant increase in demand in the future. The copper concentrate market remains very tight, according to …
Falco Resources announces cooperation with Glencore
Falco Resources Ltd. \\\[FPC-TSXV\\\] said Monday that there is an agreement in principle with Glencore Canada Corp. on the development and operating license of Falco's flagship Horne 5 gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Falco said the agreement sets the …
Overseas Uranium Shareholders agree to sale of JCU Exploration
UEX Corporation \\\[UEX-TSX; UEXCF-OTC\\\] has been informed that the shareholders of Overseas Uranium Resources Development Co., Ltd. (OURD) have agreed to sell OURD's wholly owned subsidiary, JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited, to UEX. UEX will …
Use of Mangan reaches new highs
Although not a well known or understood industrial raw material, manganese is the fourth most common metal by tonnage after iron, aluminum and copper. Most of the manganese extracted worldwide is used to improve the strength and toughness of steel or to remove …
Saskatchewan is slowly becoming a mining hot spot
The Canadian Prairie Province of Saskatchewan has an astonishing number of mineral resources and is home to mines in many places: uranium, potash, copper, zinc, gold, nickel-cobalt, rare earths and more. The La Ronge-Flin Flon area is a very promising mineral …