Mining Stocks Articles

Maritime (TSXV: MAE) Initiates Work Program at Whisker Project, Newfoundland

March 6, 2018 / Vancouver, British Columbia

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Maritime (TSXV: MAE) Initiates Work Program at Whisker Project, Newfoundland Vancouver, British Columbia - March 6, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE) ("Maritime") is pleased to announce it i...Read More

Scandium International (TSX: SCY) Initiates Pilot-scale Program for Scandium Master Alloy Production and Files for Us Patent Protection on Process

March 6, 2018 / Reno, Nevada

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Scandium International (TSX: SCY) Initiates Pilot-scale Program for Scandium Master Alloy Production and Files for Us Patent Protection on Process Reno, Nevada - March 6, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Scandium International...Read More

Lion One (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) Provides Development Update for Its Tuvatu Gold Project in Fiji

March 6, 2018 / North Vancouver, British Columbia

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Lion One (TSXV: LIO) (ASX: LLO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) Provides Development Update for Its Tuvatu Gold Project in Fiji North Vancouver, British Columbia - March 6, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (...Read More

Sirius seeks $2bn in government-backed debt for Britain's biggest fertilizer mine

Mar 6 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

British company Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX), the company building a huge polyhalite mine beneath a national park, is looking to raise up to $2 billion in government-backed debt to finish building its fertilizer project in North Yorkshire.Delivering preliminary results for 2017, the company said its main focus this year will be securing up to $3bn from banks, including roughly $2bn under the gover...Read More

US steel and aluminum tariffs a 'black day for the world' - BHP

Mar 6 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

US President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are a "black day" for the world and businesses, BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie said Tuesday.Speaking at the AFR Business Summit, the leader of the world's biggest miner said Trump's protectionist move was just a way of propping up an uncompetitive industry.He was referring to the White House's plan to hike tar...Read More

Rio Tinto, former execs. once again move to have SEC case dismissed

Mar 6 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) and two former top executives have filed a motion requesting a U.S. regulator's lawsuit accusing them of fraud for overstating the value of Mozambique coal assets to be dismissed.In the 71-page filing, quoted by FT.com, lawyers representing the company, its former chief executive Tom Albanese, and its ex finance director Guy Elliott argue the Securities and Exchange Commi...Read More

Barrick moves forward with plan to make every employee an owner

Mar 6 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX:ABX), the world's top miner of the precious metal, is moving forward with its global employee share plan, which aims at making every staff member an owner of the company.As part of the initiative, launched in 2016, the Canadian miner's employees will receive this year 90 shares each, taking the total held by staff to more than 1.5 million shares, it said Tuesday."Just like...Read More

Ontario wants high-tech mines up north

Mar 6 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Ontario's Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Michael Gravelle, announced today that the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation will provide funding to companies developing innovative technology for mining projects in the northern section of the province.Talking at the Prospectors and Developers Association Convention in Toronto, Gravelle said that by supporting such ventures his offic...Read More

Thirty-three illegal miners arrested at abandoned site in South Africa

Mar 6 2018 / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

South Africa's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested 33 people that were illegally extracting gold at the rehabilitated Ellerton mine, just outside the northeastern town of Giyani.In a joint operation that involved the Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit?EUR? the Department for Mineral Resources?EUR? the Provincial Organised Crime Unit?EUR? Public Order Police?EUR? the Air W...Read More

Partying with purpose: world's miners drink and deal after dry years - by Susan Taylor (Reuters U.S. - March 5, 2018)

Mar 6 2018 / Staff reporter

https://www.reuters.com/TORONTO (Reuters) – While not the premium liquor and prime rib parties of old, miners are laying on the cocktails again after several lean years, booking hotel lounges and nightclubs to twin drinks with deal making.An upbeat tone at the world's biggest mining conference comes as global exploration spending snaps a four-year decline, underpinned by a rebound in metals...Read More

Now Is a Great Time to Consider Barrick Gold Corp.

March 6, 2018 / Matt Smith

Gold remains firm, trading at over US$1,300 per ounce amid investor fears of a market correction prompted by concerns that stock valuations have decoupled from underlying economic fundamentals. There are also fears that Trump's fiscal stimulus, including the recently implemented tax changes, could overheat the U.S. economy and cause inflation to rise at a rapid clip. Higher inflation makes gold an...Read More

Franco Nevada Corp.: The Only Dividend-Growth Gold Company

March 6, 2018 / Mat Litalien

Gold's meteoric rise in 2009 and its subsequent fall has had a devastating effect on the sector's once reliable dividend-paying companies. Since gold's fall from grace, the vast majority of dividend-paying gold stocks have either slashed, suspended, or outright cut their dividends. Only Franco Nevada Corp. (TSX:FNV)(NYSE:FNV) stemmed the tide and maintained its status as a Canadian dividend aristo...Read More

2 Undervalued Stocks in an Overvalued Market

March 6, 2018 / Karen Thomas

Today's market is facing many roadblocks.Trade wars, geopolitical risk, rising interest rates, and the fact that the market is trading near all-time highs with stretched valuations has put the market at risk.So, it is a breath of fresh air when we come upon stocks that are attractively valued, with good upside potential and low downside risk.OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OCG)$2.2 billion OceanaGold...Read More

Geopolitical Fears Fail to Spur Precious Metals: Should You Look Elsewhere in 2018?

March 6, 2018 / Ambrose O'Callaghan

When markets opened on March 5, experts and analysts feared that the impending actions of the Trump administration could spark a global trade war. Reports have varied when it comes to the internal White House battles over the implementation of steel and aluminum tariffs, but President Trump appeared to signal a hardline path forward in statements Monday.Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the Hou...Read More

The Truth About Inflation and Gold

March6, 2018 / Adam English

Here is a little dose of reality for all of those inflation naysayers out there:76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck.65% of Americans say they don't own their homes.53% of Americans have no money in the stock market, even through retirement accounts.Together, these three depressing facts mean a vast majority of Americans have seen their wealth and income crushed by inflation.Your wealt...Read More

Sustainability search stepped up, says Malchuk

06 MARCH 2018 / Alastair Sharp in Toronto

Daniel Malchuk, BHP's (AU:BHP) president for mineral operations in the Americas, is not shy about the mining industry's chequered history of failing to help improve the communities around its operations. He is determined that BHP will play a leading role in fixing it.Alastair Sharp in Toronto Daniel Malchuck: 'We need to set standards for other industries to follow'06 MARCH 201806/03/2018c...Read More

Back to Reality (March 1, 2018)

March 6, 2018 / FI Fighter

I’m back stateside now, in California… But prior to arriving back “home”, I spent a day in Hong Kong…My other “home”…I arrived around 9 AM…And since my connecting flight from HKG -> SFO wasn’t scheduled to depart until 1:00 AM the following day, let’s just say I was looking forward to spending most of my day in HK…So, I hop...Read More

Should You Buy an AR-15?

March6, 2018 / Luke Burgess

I want to talk with you today about gun ownership from an investment perspective.That's because a gun really is an investment - or perhaps, better yet, a type of life insurance.And there is no gun that's under more media scrutiny right now than the AR-15.The AR-15 is a lightweight, magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic assault rifle. And yes, I'm calling the AR-15 an "assault rifle."There's a...Read More

Fast Food Workers, Meet Your Replacement: Flippy the Robot

March 06, 2018 / Joe Jarvis

No one should have to compete with robots. That is why everyone should strive to do what robots cannot.Flipping burgers and taking orders are quite easy tasks for robots. We have already seen touchscreens offer an alternative to human cashiers. Now robots are starting to replace the backroom staff.Flippy still requires some human help, but its learning. Flippy’s boss though says he is alrea...Read More

How China’s Social Credit Score Will Shape the “Perfect” Citizen

March 06, 2018 / The Daily Bell Staff

If you have too much debt and bad credit, it may be tough to get credit cards and loans. The idea is that people less likely to pay pack lenders get less credit.Well imagine if there was a social credit system. But it was the government that used it to decide who could travel, or live in certain apartments. Imagine if your social credit was too low to send your kids to a private school, or...Read More

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