Copper falls as Chilean labour worries ease
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco has avoided a strike with two more of the six unions at its operations. …
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Editorial: The lucky country (December 19, 2006)
Part of Chile rioted in joy, and the rest rioted in rage earlier this month.Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, once presi…
Sparton eyes uranium in Chinese coal ash
Vancouver – Research by Sparton Resources (SRI-V, SPNRF-O) has identified a major source of coal ash in China conta…
Iamgold sells bauxite mine to China’s Bosai Minerals
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) has sold its bauxite assets in Guyana to China’s Bosai Minerals for about US$46 milli…
Holiday strike at Centerra’s Kumtor
Christmas isn’t coming early for Centerra Gold (CG-T). The Toronto-based company with a penchant for operating in d…
Taseko eyes Gibraltar increase
Vancouver- Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-A) is eyeing a sharp increase in metal production at its flagship Gibraltar min…
Mantle plans Ecstall takeover
Vancouver – Looking to consolidate ownership in the high-grade Akie zinc-lead project in northeastern British Colum…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (December 18, 2006)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate comm…
Ashton board agrees to new merger plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of it…
Summer work at Churchill turns up diamondiferous dyke system
The source of some highly compelling G10 indicator mineral chemistry that had eluded Shear Minerals (SRM-V, SRMUF-O) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has finally been located with the discovery …
Gryphon Gold dealt major blow in Nevada
Vancouver — Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-T, GYPH-O) Borealis project in western Nevada’s Walker Lane trend have prompted the …
Denison, IUC deal done
The new Denison Mines (DML-T) is open for business, following court approval of a merger between Denison Mines and International Uranium.