Kyrgyz coalface a dangerous place
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Editor’s Picks: Top news of the week (February 26, 2007)
Acquisitions within the mid-tier gold and uranium sectors grabbed the headlines in the seventh trading week of 2007.
U.S. Markets February 13 – 16
A good week for the United States stock markets was an even better week for the mining stocks. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 1.5% at 1,455.54 points, while the Philadelphia Gold and Silve…
LME Warehouse Levels (February 26, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 19, 2006 (change from Feb. 12 in brackets):
Impala launches Afplats bid (February 26, 2007)
Impala Platinum (IMPUY-O, IPLA-L, IMPO-J) has made a takeover bid for junior platinum developer African Platinum (AFRPF-O, APP-L), valuing the company at 297 million (US$579 million).
Starcore closes financing for San Martin acquisition (February 26, 2007)
Vancouver — Starcore International Ventures (SAM-V, SHVLF-O) stands poised to enter the producer’s league following closure of an $18.7-million financing earmarked for the acquisition of the San Mart…
CGA to pick up Masbate
CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A) has entered a deal with Thistle Mining (THTLF-O, TMG-L) to take over the Masbate gold project in the Philippines for US$30 million in cash and another US$21 million worth of …
Bolivian government seizes Glencore tin smelter
The Bolivian military has marched on private industry once again — and this time it’s a mining company that is being held under heel.
Suppliers News (February 26, 2007)
No stopping Finning
People (February 26, 2007)
Peregrine Diamonds — Hugo Grenon appointed exploration field manager; Maiko Sell appointed project geophysicist for the WO diamond project in the Northwest Territories; Duncan McBean appointed superv…
Cardero cuts wide copper-gold at Huachi (February 26, 2007)
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-X) on its Huachi project in Argentina’s San Juan province returned wide intervals of copper-gold mineralization in the porphyry environmen…
Varvarinskoye resources inch up
A new resource and reserve estimate made for European Minerals (EPM-T, EUM-L) on the Varvarinskoye gold-copper deposit in northern Kazakhstan has increased the size of the resource, while knocking the…