Pascua-Lama has been shut since 2013. (Image courtesy of Barrick Gold)Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), which recently regained its status as the world's most valuable producer of the precious metal, has began a "drastic revision" of its mothballed Pascua-Lama project in South America.According to Chilean news outlet El Pulso (in Spanish), the company's President Kelvin Dushnisky revealed tha...Read More

UN Votes Wednesday on Tough New North Korea Sanctions ... The U.N. Security Council votes Wednesday on a resolution that would impose the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades. -APNorth Korea is the target of yet more negotiated sanctions and the mainstream media won't provide many articles that question them.The propaganda is thick here. North Korea fights no wars with its adversaries...Read More

UN Votes Wednesday on Tough New North Korea Sanctions ... The U.N. Security Council votes Wednesday on a resolution that would impose the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades. -APNorth Korea is the target of yet more negotiated sanctions and the mainstream media won't provide many articles that question them.The propaganda is thick here. North Korea fights no wars with its adversaries...Read More

Harvey's take on Episode 5 of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. SUBSCRIBE: http://po.st/TMZSubscribeAbout TMZ:TMZ has consistently been credited for breaking the biggest stories dominating the entertainment news landscape and changed the way the public gets their news. Regularly referenced by the media, TMZ is one of the most cited entertainment news sources in the world. Subscribe...Read More

Look, Mom, TWO HANDS!Chase, Mike & Duddy are in Minecraft 1.9 and have a cool update showcase for you!Thumbs up for more Minecraft! :)?-?Here are the additions:Method of restarting the ender dragon boss fightInfinite generation of islands in the end, populated by chorus trees, end city structures and ships, and shulker mobDual wieldingAttack strength mechanicAttribute systemShield, spectral arrow,...Read More

Already high bankruptcy and default rates in mining & metals and oil & gas will only accelerate this year as the prolonged downturn in commodities begin to spill over into other sectors.Overall, global speculative-grade corporate defaults will increase by more than 30% in 2016 and reach the highest level since 2009, says Moody's Investors Service in a new report.And 2015 already saw close to a do...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm" or the "Company") (NYSE MKT: SAND, TSX: SSL) has amended its metal credit purchase agreement with Entr?(C)e Gold Inc. ("Entr?(C)e"). In exchange for US$5.5 million in cash and 5.1 million common shares in the capital of Entr?(C)e (the "Consideration"), Sandstorm has agreed to reduce, by 17%, the amount of metal credits that the Compa...Read More

Beleaguered miner and commodity trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) unveiled Tuesday the extend of the damaged caused by the current mining downturn, logging an annual loss of $8 billion and $5.8 billion of charges.The company, the second-worst performer in the FTSE 100 last year, reported a net loss of $4.96 billion compared with net profit of $2.3 billion in 2014, as the price of its key commodities - in...Read More

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has been chosen the most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment in the country, and the second best worldwide, a new study published Tuesday shows.According to the latest annual global survey of mining executives by the Fraser Institute, the potash and uranium-rich province leads the way for the second consecutive year. The jurisdiction is perceived a...Read More

Sustainability holds key in green quest for China ... With the Chinese economy slowing down, it is possible to predict that the country’s policymakers would still have their eyes trained on economic development for a not-so-bad GDP growth, rather than sustainability matters, say experts, but applaud environmental steps taken. -China DailyHere's an article in China Daily treading carefully as...Read More

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Sustainability holds key in green quest for China ... With the Chinese economy slowing down, it is possible to predict that the country’s policymakers would still have their eyes trained on economic development for a not-so-bad GDP growth, rather than sustainability matters, say experts, but applaud environmental steps taken. -China DailyHere's an article in China Daily treading carefully as...Read More

Chartered Market Technician Don Vialoux combines technical, fundamental and seasonality analysis to predict that Canadian metals and mining companies and U.S. industrial companies are set to rise this spring. He names 2 exchange-traded funds that are best suited for Canadian investors to profit from the trend.Like anyone else, longtime analyst Don Vialoux cannot say for sure what the sky will do o...Read More

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Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank open-pit gold mine in the Nunavut Territory of Canada Image Jason Pineau In 2015, preliminary estimated gold production by the top publicly-traded and non state-owned gold mining companies amounted to 30.78 Moz, a 1% increase compared to 2014 totals (30.39 Moz).Five out of the 10 miners suffered a decline in their attributable gold output while another five of them ach...Read More

Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo.Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank open-pit gold mine in the Nunavut Territory of Canada Image Jason Pineau In 2015, preliminary estimated gold production by the top publicly-traded and non state-owned gold mining companies amounted to 30.78 Moz, a 1% increase compared to 2014 totals (30.39 Moz).Five out of the 10 miner...Read More

Copper had a fourth decline in five sessions on speculation that China's efforts to stimulate its economy will fail to rekindle demand growth in the world's biggest metals consumer.China's central bank cut the reserve ratio amid plunging stock prices and a weakening currency. Global equities headed for a fourth monthly decline amid mounting concerns about slowing world growth. Copper has lost more...Read More

Close to 40,000 cubic meters of wastewater from a copper mine in northern Mexico spilled into rivers in 2014, forcing authorities to restrict water supply to urban areas.The leak, which is now considered the worst environmental disaster in the country's history, came from Grupo Mexico's (BMV:GMEXICOB) Buenavista copper mine, located only about 40 km from the U.S. border, and contaminated the Baca...Read More

Global finance officials promise to shore up sagging growth ... Finance officials of the world’s biggest economies promised Saturday to use “all tools” to shore up sagging global growth and to avoid devaluing their currencies to boost exports ... -APThe just-held G20 meetings are being reported by the Western mainstream media with a "facts only" context. In fact, as usual, China'...Read More

Global finance officials promise to shore up sagging growth ... Finance officials of the world’s biggest economies promised Saturday to use “all tools” to shore up sagging global growth and to avoid devaluing their currencies to boost exports ... -APThe just-held G20 meetings are being reported by the Western mainstream media with a "facts only" context. In fact, as usual, China'...Read More