EU okays Inco takeover
The European Commission’s competition regulator has cleared the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) US$18.4-billion …
Regulatory Issues
Stornoway to Take Up Ashton, Contact Shares
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has taken up the shares tendered under its bids for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) and Contact Diamond (CO-T, CONPF-O), but Ashton management still opposes…
Kensington Tailings on Hold
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction halting construction activities on the tailings dam portion of Coeur d’Alene Mines’ (CDM-T, CDE-N) Kensington…
McEwen to battle Goldcorp-Glamis merger
Vancouver – Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) founder and ex-chairman Robert McEwen has dropped the gloves and launched an ope…
Keys to painless POP offerings
It has been several months since the prompt offering procedure (the “POP system”) in National Instrument (NI) 44-101 was opened up to smaller reporting issuers. Many of these issuers have found the PO…
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….
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…