Tight scrap market becomes swing factor for copper, nickel
Less scrap metal due to faltering industrial production last year will contribute to a declining surplus in th…
Copper
ATW hits in Deflector step-outs
Vancouver – Doubt, it turns out, can be a useful thing: historical work showed the Deflector deposit at ATW …
Constantine hits with step-outs at Palmer
Vancouver – It takes solid drill results to keep afloat when investors decide to pummel the mining sector an…
Costs down, shares up for FNX
Cost cutting was the key to FNX Mining’s (FNX-T) second quarter success.
Damp Q2 prompts GlobeStar to cut 2009 guidance
Rainy conditions in the Dominican Republic have been causing some ore handling problems during the first six…
More mineralization at Mount Polley for Imperial
Vancouver – Expansion efforts at the Mount Polley mine continue to return promising intercepts in new areas …
Anvil gets big financing from Trafigura
It remains busy days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) mining sector.Shortly after the governm…
Long wait over for DRC miners
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says its seemingly unending mining contract review is…
Base metal prices rising
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has revised its base metal price forecasts for the year saying prices have risen…
Noront Resources announces $20 million financing
The Ring of Fire multi-metals district in the James Bay lowlands of northern Ontario is getting hotter for sha…
Copper Mountain boosts reserves, mine life at Similco
Vancouver – A revised mine plan for Copper Mountain Mining’s (CUM-T) Similco project foresees the mine produci…
Vale Signs Option On Intrepid Project
Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-A) has agreed to option 60% of its Tujuh Bukit sulphide copper-gold project in East Java, Indonesia, to Vale (VALE-N) for a total of US$40 million.