Copper

Mine expansion approved at Huckleberry

The board of Huckleberry Mines, in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials Corp., Marubeni Corp., Dowa Mining Co. and Furukawa Co.) owns the remainder, has approved a plan to extend the…


Inmet’s ESIA approved for Cobre Panama

Shares of Inmet Mining (IMN-T) surged $3.12 apiece or 4.76% to close at $68.62 yesterday after the company announced that Panama has approved the environmental and social impact assessment for its Cobre Panama copper project, including the…


Xstrata works to expand Canadian footprint

After a decade of expansion through mergers and acquisitions, diversified Swiss miner Xstrata (XTA-L) is turning to organic growth to provide its next generation of mines and to increase production through the expansion of others.




Teck options into Strait’s Alicia

Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N) has given Peruvian-focused junior Strait Gold (SRD-V) a boost by optioning into its Alicia copper project.


African Metals held up by violence and rain

National elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have held up African Metals (AFR-V) in the development of its Luisha South copper and cobalt project.


An ore truck leaving Rambler Metals and Mining's Ming copper-gold mine. Photo by Rambler Metals and Mining

Rambler delivers on Ming

Nearly seven years after Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V, RMM-L) took control of the past-producing Ming copper-gold mine on Newfoundland Baie Verte peninsula, the company has poured its first gold doré bar and shipped it for further…



Abacus advances its Ajax copper-gold project

Abacus Mining & Exploration (ame-v) has painted an interesting prospect at its joint-ventured Ajax copper-gold project near Kamloops, B.C., with a feasibility study showing the project could support a 60,000-tonne-per-day operation…



Geologist and project manager Guillermo Almandoz (left) and investor Ross Beaty at Lumina Copper's Taca Taca project in Argentina's Salta province. Photo by Trish Saywell

Taca Taca gets bigger and better

After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper’s…


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