Vale sues striking union over violence
Vale (VALE-N) subsidiary Vale Inco is suing striking members of the United Steelworkers Local 6500 in Sudbury,…
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Crocodile’s Cosmo-Howley gold project starts to grow
Vancouver – Crocodile Gold (CRK-T) is busy spending US$8.4 million exploring the extensive land package it a…
Majority of mining operations in Chile unscathed
A massive earthquake over the weekend that struck central Chile, 115 km northeast of Concepcion and about 325 …
Atna’s Briggs mine produces ‘golden’ stream
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has produced a steady enough stream of gold to announce that its Briggs Mine is in comm…
Peru Suspends Dorato’s Drill Permits
VANCOUVER– Dorato Resources (DRI-V) has been forced to suspend a nascent drill program at its Cordillera del Condor project in northern Peru on orders from the Peruvian government, which appears to b…
Teck’s Permitting Issues Dog Red Dog
VANCOUVER — Red Dog, the world’s largest zinc mine, has been operating for more than 20 years. Now its ability to keep pumping out more than 1 billion lbs. of zinc annually is under threat because an…
Correction (March 01, 2010)
In our article about Equinox Minerals’ Lumwana mine ( T. N.M., Feb. 22-28/10) we incorrectly stated First Quantum Minerals held a 19.25% interest in Equinox. First Quantum actually holds a 16.32% inte…
Toronto Stock Exchange -Feb. 16-22
The TSX composite index finished the Feb. 16-22 period slightly higher as markets were still digesting the U.S. Federal Reserve’s surprise raising of the discount rate.
TSX Venture Exchange -Feb. 16-22
Despite the Winter Olympics keeping news flow quieter than usual in Vancouver, Feb. 16-22 was a busy trading week for the S&P TSX Venture composite index. The board ended the week up 8.33 points a…
U.S. Markets -Feb. 16-22
U.S. markets were unfazed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike since December 2008. The Fed raised the emergency lending rate it charges banks from 0.5% to 0.75%, citing improved fin…
Record Silver Eagle Sales For US Mint
The United States Mint has hit an all-time record partially inspired by uncertain economic times.
Barrick Spins Off African Assets, Boosts Stake In Cerro Casale
Just months after eliminating Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) fixed-price hedge book and a little more than a year after being appointed president and chief executive, Aaron Regent is making headlines a…