Strike looms over Yanacocha (April 28, 2006)
Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanac…
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Silver soars on ETF debut (April 28, 2006)
The silver spot price raced US89, or more than 7%, higher to US$13.36 in morning trading in New York on Apr. 28, a…
Falconbridge pushes through labour pains
The next few weeks promise to be busy on the labour relations front for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N). The base me…
New Cantech tables Lucky Ship moly resource (April 28, 2006)
Vancouver – A mineral resource estimate is now in hand for New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybd…
Rio Tinto to build Hope Downs iron mine in Western Australia
Vancouver – Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is commencing mine construction at the massive Hope Downs iron ore project in …
Petaquilla study to be updated (April 27, 2006)
The three partners in the Petaquilla copper joint venture in Panama have agreed to have the 1998 feasibility study …
Mwana Africa tries last minute Adastra bid
Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L) continues to urge shareholders to tender to a twice-sweetened offer from First Quan…
Partners target lonore South anomaly (April 27, 2006)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), Eastmain Resources (ER-TO – News), and Azimut Exploration (AZM-V, AZMTF-O) have signed a lett…
Death in the Congo
Tragedy struck at Anvil Mining’s (AVM-T, AVM-A) Kulu mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Apr. 24….
Midway tables preliminary Spring Valley number (April 26, 2006)
AMEC E&C Services has pinned a preliminary resource estimate for Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) Spring Valley proje…
Highland Gold does turnaround at Mnogovershinoye (April 26, 2006)
The year 2005 ended with a financial loss for London-based Highland Gold (HGM-L) but a turnaround in production…
Ivanhoe swaps coal assets for bigger stake in Asia Gold
Vancouver – In a related party transaction, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) has agreed to vend its coal division into…