Should investors think Zinc?

2011/06/17

On Wednesday, Breakwater Resources (TSX: BWR) agreed to a $663 million takeover from Nyrstar which marks the second takeover of a TSX listed zinc mine... Read more »

Peru goes to the Polls: 10 Mining Stocks to Watch

2011/06/02

A cursory look at Peruvian mining will show you that many of the world’s senior mining companies have operations there. The list of majors in th... Read more »

Gold + Silver + Copper + Zinc = Eritrea

2011/05/15

Eritrea, a funnel shaped country that borders The Red Sea, was, because of its unstable political history, a bit of a mystery to the international min... Read more »

Dogs of the downturn: worst performing TSX 60 miners in May

2011/05/13

Blink and you may have missed it. If the recent downturn in commodities is coming to an end, as some suggest, it was a brief correction. While the rec... Read more »

Northwest Transmission Line unplugged?

2011/05/10

On May 8th, 2011, just two days after the federal government gave the environmental thumbs-up on the Northwest Transmission Line (NTL), two B.C. Firs... Read more »

Base Metals 101

2011/05/01

Welcome to the May edition of the Highgrade Review. This month’s issue is completely dedicated to base metals: copper, iron, nickel, lead, and zinc.... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 1

Base metal mining companies have, for many years, operated in the shadows of precious metal miners. But with increasing demand from China and develop... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 2

3. Mirabela Nickel Ltd. (TSX:MNB) By the end of 2008 Nickel prices had fallen by 80% from their May 2007 high of just over (US) $52,000 per tonne. In ... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 3

Iron is the most commonly used of all metals and accounts for the majority (est. 95%) of the world’s total annual metal production. China conti... Read more »

10 Base Metal Stocks to Watch in 2011 – Part 4

8. Invernia Inc. (TSX:IVW) April showers do not always bring May flowers. On April 5th, 2011 Ivernia’s shares were halted and the company announced ... Read more »

Interview: Peeyush Varshney of Canada Zinc Metals (TSXV:CZX)

Zinc, the fourth most used metal on the planet trailing only iron, aluminum and copper, has a worldwide annual production of roughly ten million tonne... Read more »

Interview: John Barry of Rathdowney Resources (TSXV:RTH)

Are we on the cusp of a zinc shortage? Around the world, almost 2.4 million tonnes per year of zinc mine production will close between 2011 and 2016. ... Read more »

Quadra FNX celebrates a Sudbury Tuesday Night

2011/04/20

In the mining circles of Sudbury, Ontario it takes a lot to raise an eyebrow. The resource business has been ingrained in the town for a long time. Lo... Read more »

Peru election concerns affect miners

2011/04/15

Ollanta Humala is not a name that many outside of South America are familiar with. In 2006, however, the Peruvian Nationalist actually won the first ... Read more »

Is the price of cocoa a barometer of mining risk in the Ivory Coast?

2011/04/02

In what has become a near daily occurrence, civil unrest erupted in another developing African nation today. The Ivory Coast is in the news once aga... Read more »

Equinox Minerals launches hostile bid for Lundin Mining

2011/02/28

Today, after twenty-four hours of speculation, Equinox Minerals  launched a hostile bid for Lundin Mining. The move temporarily leaves Symterra blowi... Read more »