Uranium One celebrates start of pilot mining phase in Kazakhstan
Japanese, Canadian and Kazakh officials collected in a remote corner of Kazakhstan to mark the beginning of the pil…
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Economic downturn shines spotlight on compensation packages (April 24, 2009)
The public outcry over outlandish bonuses and pensions paid to senior executives at financial institutions in the U…
Dealing with the downturn
A day-long program on dealing with the downturn in the mining sector will be held in Toronto on Wednesday May 13. T…
Plot thickening in US$1.7B Asarco asset-sale to Vedanta
Vancouver – Despite a ruling that approves certain conditions of a proposed US$1.7 billion sale of Asarco’s operati…
Tower Hill keeps hitting gold at Livengood
Vancouver – The Livengood gold deposit in Alaska just keeps growing for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V).
Firstgold’s first gold pour may be its last
Firstgold (FGD-T) has defaulted on two loans and been forced to suspend crushing activity at its Relief Canyon heap…
Chariot gets some solid numbers on Marcona
After a long wait, Chariot Resources (CHD-T) has finally released a feasibility study on its Marcona copper project…
Apoquindo finds US partner for Chilean copper project (April 22, 2009)
Vancouver — A joint-venture agreement with a private partner ready to spend almost $11 million is set to move Ap…
Teck restructures massive debt
Vancouver – Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is back from the brink of disaster: Canada’s biggest mining company watched its…
Ivanhoe banks on Merlin rhenium deposit in Oz
When Peter Reeve describes Ivanhoe Australia’s “remarkable” Merlin deposit he likens it to some of the great minera…
Freeport McMoRan’s first quarter revenue cut in half
Overall production was up and gold revenues from its Grasberg operations in Indonesia completely offset production …
Apoquindo finds US partner for Chilean copper project (April 22, 2009)
Vancouver — A joint-venture agreement with a private partner ready to spend almost $11 million is set to move Apoq…