A peculiar paradox for Chile’s investors
Santiago, Chile — As copper prices boomed earlier this year, investment managers in the gleaming skyscrapers of uptown Santiago found themselves facing a paradox….
Regulatory Issues
Bringing Chile’s copper unions into the modern age
Santiago, Chile — The union representing 2,052 workers at the Escondida copper mine in Chile’s Region II signed a new collective contract on Sept. 1, bringing an end to a 25-day strike and giving wor…
National Instrument 43-101: Pros and cons
National Instrument (NI) 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and administered by the provincial securities commissions that governs how public companies disclose…
African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (September 20, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the h…
Shahuindo dispute finished (September 13, 2006)
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O) has assumed title to the Shahuindo mining concessions in Peru following a len…
First Quantum asserts rights as Gecamines seeks bids for Kipushi
Vancouver – In a battle launched by competing advertisements in mining and business publications, First Quantum Mi…
Kyrgyz authorities seize Jerooy
With the development licence for the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan still up in the air, Kyrgyz authorities desc…
BCSC dismisses Ashton application
The application by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) to have the British columbia Securities Commission issu…
Inco on the brink-o (September 05, 2006)
Just a week after officially shunning Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) in favour of Phelps Dodge )PD-N…
QGX weathering Mongolia’s tax storm (September 04, 2006)
It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to develop a deposit in a young democracy. Sometimes the work gets rewarded; other times, the rug gets pulled out just when things are coming into alignment….
Cumberland gets Nunavut approval for Meadowbank (August 31, 2006)
Vancouver – A two-and-a-half-year public review process is finally over for Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) now…
Inco sticks with Phelps
Snubbed in its second attempt at talking a hostile bidder into sweetening its bid, takeover target Inco (N-T, N-N) …