Chilean Mines Mostly Unscathed
A massive earthquake that struck central Chile, 115 km northeast of Concepcion and about 325 km southwest of Santiago, on Feb. 27 has claimed the lives of at least 700 people and destroyed more than h…
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Antares’ Haquira Grows To 11B Lbs. Copper
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for Antares Minerals’ (ANM-V) Haquira copper-molybdenum- gold project in southern Peru has lifted the project’s contained copper count above 11 billion lbs., and p…
People (March 08, 2010)
Alcoa — John Thuestad elected executive VP and group president of Global Primary Products, succeeding a retiring Bernt Reitan.
Galway Turns To Old Colombian Gold Mine For Growth
Galway Resources (GWY-V) may have initially grabbed the market’s attention via its California gold project’s proximity to Ventana Gold’s (VEN-T) and Greystar Resources'( GSL-T) assets, but lately the …
Rusal Looks To Rebound In 2010
The world’s biggest aluminum and alumina producer has released its production results for 2009 and provided an outlook for what a stronger 2010.
Western Potash Files Resource On Milestone
When it comes to location it doesn’t get much better than this. Western Potash Corp.’ s (WPX-V) Milestone property in Saskatchewan is 35 km southeast of one of the largest producing potash solution mi…
Chile Quake Death Toll Rises To 723
The eighth trading week of the year ended with a bang, as central Chile was hit on Feb. 27 by an extra-powerful earthquake that registered 8.8 on the Richter scale.
Time For Northern Ontario To Take A Stand
The McGuinty government has been noticeably absent from northern Ontario since taking power in 2003. They managed two successive electoral majorities riding the groundswell of opposition to the Harris…
Anglo American To Double Copper Output By 2017
Anglo American (AAUKY-O, AAL-L) says it can double copper production to 1.2 million tonnes by 2017 through the development of its project pipeline.
Vale Inco Sues Striking Workers
Vale (VALE-N) subsidiary Vale Inco is suing striking members of the United Steelworkers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ont., for $1 million over content posted on the Internet that’s allegedly encouraging vio…
UEX Completes Pre-Feasibility Study On West Bear Deposit
A preliminary feasibility study has upgraded UEX’s (UEX-T) previously released resource estimate for its West Bear uranium deposit in the centre of the eastern Athabasca uranium district to a probable…
Atna Gets Briggs Back Into Production
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has produced a steady enough stream of gold to announce that its Briggs mine is in commercial production.