Mining Articles

Bringing down the highwall

Jan. 7, 2019, 11:15 AM / Hitachi

In the largest coal-producing state in the U.S., a Hitachi EX2500-6 carries a heavy workload at Peabody's Rawhide Mine.Bringing down a 60-degree, 180-foot highwall is just part of the daily workload for a Hitachi EX2500-6 at Peabody's Rawhide Mine, a thermal coal surface mine located 10 miles north of Gillette, Wyo."The Hitachi EX2500-6 excavator is used to bring down the highwall in the pit," sai...Read More

Oxair fanfair ushers in golden era for oxygen generators

Jan. 7, 2019, 11:00 AM / Oxair

A constant stream of pure oxygen is vital for many functions, too little or run out of this necessity puts lives in danger, which is why a leading global manufacturer of gas process systems is urging industrial users to jettison conventional containers and replace them with the safest, latest on-site oxygen generating technology.Australia-based Oxair says that having a constant supply of high puri...Read More

Nucor to set up plate mill in U.S. Midwest for $1.35B

Jan. 7, 2019, 10:41 AM / Reuters

Steel producer Nucor Corp said on Monday it would spend about $1.35 billion to build a plate mill in the U.S. Midwest, taking advantage of federal tax cuts that has resulted in windfall gains for several companies.Nucor is also benefiting from higher steel prices for domestic producers due to tariffs imposed on imports by the Trump administration last year.The new mill, which is expected to be ful...Read More

Sibanye counts hit to earnings as strike at gold mines drags on

Jan. 7, 2019, 10:17 AM / Bloomberg News

Sibanye Gold Ltd. said a protracted strike at its South African gold mines may hurt earnings at a time when the producer remains under pressure to reduce debt.Thousands of workers started a strike in November over pay, and there's inconsistent output at three mines amid limited operations, spokesman James Wellsted said, without saying how many workers are showing up. Sibanye is assessing the impac...Read More

Happy New Year for Canadian midcaps

Mon, 07/01/2019 9:40 am / INK Staff

After a dismal 2018, Canadian stocks as tracked by the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index are off to a happy start in the New Year with the index advancing 1.6% in the first three trading days of 2019. With the experience of last October fresh in our minds when Canadian stocks jumped at the start of the month, only to swoon in the following weeks, we are hesitant to make too much o...Read More

Congolese mining company leaves ITSCI certification scheme over cost

Jan. 7, 2019, 9:38 AM / Reuters

* SMB says costs are "higher and higher"* ITSCI not immediately available for comment* Rwandan miners also complain of costLONDON - Congo's biggest miner of coltan, an ore that is the source of metals used in mobile phones, says it is leaving the ITSCI certification scheme, relied on by major companies as a guarantee that minerals are free from human rights abuses.Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB),...Read More

Canada's Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Jan. 7, 2019, 8:11 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's Cobalt 27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT)(OTCQX: CBLLF)(FRA: 27O) is tapping into the lithium sector by acquiring a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenues and A$2 per tonne of ore mined at the Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia, the latest in a series of major deals the company has announced in less than a year.The move comes only days after the Toronto-based company revealed a propose...Read More

Canada's Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Jan. 7, 2019, 8:11 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Canada's Cobalt 27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT)(OTCQX: CBLLF)(FRA: 27O) is tapping into the lithium sector by acquiring a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenues and A$2 per tonne of ore mined at the Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia, the latest in a series of major deals the company has announced in less than a year.The move comes only days after the Toronto-based company revealed a propose...Read More

Vancouver junior Auryn gets positive results from Peruvian copper-gold project

Jan. 7, 2019, 7:39 AM / MINING.com Staff

Auryn Resources (TSX: AUG) announced today that it has identified a significant zone of oxide copper mineralization over a 1.2-kilometer strike length and 500-meter width at the Milpoc prospect. This is about 12 kilometers south of the company's 120,000-hectare Sombrero copper-gold property, which is located in southern Peru in the Andahuaylas-Yauri belt.According to Auryn, Sombrero is characteriz...Read More

Vancouver junior Auryn gets positive results from Peruvian copper-gold project

Jan. 7, 2019, 7:39 AM / MINING.com Staff

Auryn Resources (TSX: AUG) announced today that it has identified a significant zone of oxide copper mineralization over a 1.2-kilometer strike length and 500-meter width at the Milpoc prospect. This is about 12 kilometers south of the company's 120,000-hectare Sombrero copper-gold property, which is located in southern Peru in the Andahuaylas-Yauri belt.According to Auryn, Sombrero is characteriz...Read More

Pancontinental starts drilling Ontario nickel-cobalt-copper project

Jan. 7, 2019, 6:31 AM / MINING.com Staff

Pancontinental Resources (TSXV: PUC) announced today it has started a diamond drill program on its nickel-cobalt-copper Montcalm project, located 65 kilometres northwest of Timmins in the eastern Canadian province of Ontario.The 3,780-hectares project sits within the Montcalm Gabbro Complex in the Montcalm Greenstone Belt. It is contiguous to and surrounds the western, northwestern and southwester...Read More

Siyata Mobile Receives First Major Purchase Order in Canada for its Uniden (R) UV350 4G/LTE In-Vehicle Smartphone

January 07, 2019 02:08:16 / Staff reporter

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce it has delivered on its first purchase order through a Tier 1 cellular operator to a Canadian transportation company for 180 Uniden (R) UV350 in-vehicle smartphones.Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile commented, "This marks a very important milestone for Siyata and proves...Read More

INK Canadian Insider Index surges 6.6% from December lows into 2019

Mon, 07/01/2019 1:12 am / Nicholas Winton

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. This is our first update since Dec 17th when the INK CIN was locked in a vicious sell-off (along with many stocks and indices) and closed at 1017.93. Back then, we surmised that we were in the "throes of a capitulation-type move" but also that Canadian stocks have historically been very b...Read More

Flash flood kills at least 30 villagers mining for gold in Afghanistan

Mon Jan 07 01:11:04 2019 / Staff reporter

At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perished on Sunday in a flash flood in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said.Read full newsRead More

Gold-Stock Upleg Breaking Out

Jan7, 2019 / Adam Hamilton

The gold stocks' young upleg is really growing, on a trajectory to become major. This contrarian sector is breaking out to the upside on multiple fronts technically, which is really improving sentiment. Traders' extreme bearishness of late summer has mostly abated, with bullish shoots taking root. Fundamentals certainly justify the mounting gold-stock buying, with earnings set to surge on hi...Read More

Should Investors Ignore the Poor Outlook for Silver and Buy This Junior Silver Miner?

January 7, 2019 / Matt Smith

The latest gold rally, which sees the yellow metal trading at over US$1,280 per ounce, has helped to lift heavily beaten down silver higher to US$15.70 an ounce. That has provided some respite for silver miners, who have seen their financial performance impacted by sharply weaker silver prices since the price of the white metal collapsed in mid-2018.One silver miner that appears increasingly unapp...Read More

More Upside Ahead for This Junior Gold Miner in 2019

January 7, 2019 / Matt Smith

Gold firmed substantially at the end of 2018 to see the yellow metal trading at US$1,285 an ounce, and there are signs that it will move higher during 2019, which has been a boon for gold miners. One very attractively valued junior miner that's poised to move higher is Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX:SEA)(NYSE:SA). The miner has gained 35% over the last year and there are signs of further upside ahead, e...Read More

Has Gold Entered a New Bull Market for 2019?

January 7, 2019 / Matt Smith

Gold has rallied significantly since the end of November 2018 to see it trading at around US$1,285 per ounce, which is slightly lower than the six-month high of US$1,291.80 reached last week. Despite some poor fundamental indicators for gold, including a stronger U.S. dollar and higher interest rates, there is increasing speculation that the yellow metal has entered a new bull market. Higher gold...Read More

Welcome To 2019:Declining Stocks, A Falling Dollar And Rising Gold / Silver Prices

January 7, 2019 / admin

The stock market has become the United States' "sacred cow." For some reason stock prices have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. In truth, the stock market is nothing more than a reflection of the inflation/currency devaluation caused by the Fed's money printing and lascivious enablement of rampant credit creation. 99% of all households have not experienced the rising prosperi...Read More

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