Vale (RIO-N) subsidiary Vale Inco has stopped shipping concentrate from its gigantic Voisey’s Bay nickel mine as part of an agreement with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, pending the outcom…
VANCOUVER — A 140,000-metre drilling effort in 2008 is paying off for Oromin Explorations (OLE-T, OLEPF-O): the company has delineated six mineralized zones at its Sabodala project in eastern Senegal…
Date Jan. 26 Jan. 23 Jan. 22 Dec. 21 Dec. 20 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1032/1100 1020/1060 1020/1060 1036/1105 1066/1…
52-week Date Jan. 26 Jan. 23 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 867.16 859.69 850.21 851.55 856.68 2814.88 678.62 TSX Composite 8656.51 8627.97 8486.56 8757.89…
As China continually tightens the reins on rare earth exports, Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-V, GWMGF-O) is trying to secure its own supply by signing an option agreement with a South African comp…
An updated bankable feasibility study on the Rosemont copper-molybdenum project in Pima Cty., Ariz., has found that the proposed mine would have an after-tax net present value of 5%, or US$1.28 billio…
VANCOUVER — Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to intermediate copper miner Sociedad Punta del Cobre (Pucobre) for a US$17-milli…
Faced with the mounting financial distress of Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O), the company’s shareholders have agreed to let the world’s largest commodity trader step in.
as of Dec. 31/08
VANCOUVER–The world’s biggest mining company has joined the lengthy list of majors to close operations and trim payrolls in the face of sagging metal prices. BHP Billiton( BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) is sus…
VANCOUVER–New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mining (HMG-V).
Toyota’s announcement at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this month that its new plug-in hybrid will be powered by lithium ion batteries was hailed as a triumph for compa…
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