Fiscal agreement opens door for Kwale development
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) expects to begin construction later in the year on its Kwale mineral-sands project in sout…
Regulatory Issues
Explorers shares soar as Eritrea lifts ban
Vancouver – After changing the mining legislation to ensure itself a bigger piece of the action, the government of…
Meadowbank draft EIS date-stamped (January 13, 2005)
The draft environmental impact statement for the Meadowbank gold project in Nunavut is in the hands of the Territor…
Glamis goes for Goldcorp (January 07, 2005)
Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has begun mailing its offering circular to Goldcorp (G-T) shareholders after formally filing it…
Novelis spin-off OK’d
Alcan (AL-T) shareholders have overwhelmingly approved their company’s plan to spin off its rolled-products busines…
Metallica’s Mexican woes continue
The Agrarian Court in Mexico’s San Luis Potosi state has again nullified Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) surface rights…
Placer Chairman lobbies for new Chinese mining act
Speaking at the Canada China Business Council in Toronto, Placer Dome (PDG-T) Chairman Robert Franklin used his tim…
Bendigo expansion OK’d
Australia’s Federal Government has approved Bendigo Mining’s plan to expand its Carshalton mine, which will anchor…
Harmony loses appeals
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has rejected Harmony Gold’s (HMY-N) request for an urgent appeal of the Comp…
Gold Fields axes premium
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has trimmed its proposed cash contribution under a plan to merge its international assets with…
Harmony’s first pass nets 10.8% of Gold Fields
Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has acquired 53.4 million, or 10.8%, of Gold Fields (GFI-N) issued share capital under the ear…
Gold Fields scores a late blow
South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has ruled that Harmony Gold (HMY-N) cannot use any Gold Fields (GFI-N) shar…