Copper

Zambian smelting capacity a concern, Lundin says

When Phil Wright lashed out against Equinox Minerals’ (EQN-T, EQN-A) hostile takeover bid for Lundin Mining (LUN-T) in a conference call earlier this week, the chief executive cited the shortage of Zambian smelting capacity as yet another…


Tirex roars to life on Albanian mining deal (March 24, 2011)

Vancouver – Tirex resources (TXX-V) has taken a big step towards production at its polymetallic Merdita project in Albania after signing a memorandum of understanding with a private Turkish firm to finance development in exchange for a stake…


Sandspring makes plans for Guyana gold-copper mine

Vancouver – Sandspring Resources (ssp-v) envisions annual production from its Toroparu project in Guyana of 310,000 oz. gold and 29 million lbs. copper in the first four years of operations, provided it can first raise the $617 million needed…


Underground at Quadra FNX Mining's Morrison copper deposit, part of the Levack complex in Sudbury, Ont. Photo by Quadra FNX Mining

Quadra FNX posts record earnings in 2010 (March 21, 2011)

Quadra Mining successfully completed its merger with FNX Mining in May 2010 and judging by the combined company’s earnings last year, the blend into Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) has been a success so far, with a little help from surging copper…





Looking southwest at Candente Copper's camp at the Canariaco Norte copper-gold project in the Peruvian Andes. Photo by Candente Copper

Candente works to advance and sell Canariaco Norte

Vancouver – Having sharply cut back operations during the global recession, Candente Copper (DNT-T) is coming back to life with a completed prefeasibility study, an updated resource and new financing.



Minera Andes makes headway at San Jose mine (March 11, 2011)

Exploration drilling in and around the San Jose underground mine in Argentina last year uncovered 7.5 km of new high-grade silver-gold veins, a 44% year-on-year increase in the cumulative strike length of all the known veins at the mine, Minera…




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