How to model windfall profits taxes
Commentary In planning a new mine, engineers can draw on a wealth of long-established procedures to prepare a finely detailed study to track construction and operating costs down to the…
Copper
Editor’s Picks: the Week’s Top Mining Stories
Even as new record, nominal highs for uranium and nickel prices were being set in the week ended Feb. 24, it was organized labour action in Canada’s railyards that grabbed the most focused attention o…
Marathon PGM cuts high-grade
The two highest concentrations of precious metals drilled to date in the Coldwell intrusive complex in north-central Ontario have been intersected in recent drilling by Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O).
Friedland touts Mongolian partnership
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) chairman Robert Friedland says he can see the advantage of partnering with the government of Mongolia as the company works to develop the massive Oyu Tolgoi c…
Equinox studies uranium at Lumwana
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has entered into a $175-million bought-deal financing agreement to fund the development of its Lumwana copper project in Zambia.
Copper surge creates cash for Aur Resources
Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) production may have dropped in 2006, but a spike in copper prices allowed the company to more than double its net income to US$293.7 million.
Ontario nickel projects advance
Nickel projects in northern Ontario seem to be proceeding nicely, defying the predictions of doom vented before the takeovers of Inco and Falconbridge.
Study says Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have justified a higher resource figure.
Debate ramps up as Northern Dynasty’s Pebble grows
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) says its huge Pebble project in southwestern Alaska now ranks as the world’s second-largest porphyry copper-gold deposit, and could get even large…
Northeastern Ontario base metal projects being drilled again
Recent drilling at two base metal projects in northeastern Ontario has turned up encouraging results for two junior explorers.
Revett drills Troy
Seeking to increase the resource at its Troy copper-silver mine in northwestern Montana, Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVMIF-O) has started a mine-site exploration program.
Michigan pulls Eagle approval
Michigan state authorities have rescinded an earlier decision to approve the environmental plan lodged by Kennecott…