LaRonde output cut after mine death
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) has scaled back underground mine production at its LaRonde gold-copper mine in northwest…
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Partners advance Bayaguana
Vancouver — Everton Resources (EVR-V) and partner Globestar Mining (GMI-V) have completed a first-phase drill prog…
Strike shuts Falco down in Sudbury
Two months of negotiations between union members and Falconbridge (FL-T) have ended in failure, forcing the major t…
Teck ups Highland Valley Copper stake
With the ink just drying on a new three-year labour deal, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) says it will boost to 97.5% its stak…
Ok Tedi suffers production hiccough
Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) 18%-owned Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua New Guinea will operate at a minimum of half-capacity…
EuroZinc raises cash for Neves Corvo bid
Vancouver In its bid to the giant Neves Corvo copper mine, in Portugal, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-V) has arranged a $3…
Celtic cuts new gold at Malaumanda
Celtic Minerals (CME-V) has drill crews on their way to test along strike and down-dip of a recently discovered min…
First Quantum cuts cobalt at Lufua
The discovery of cobalt-bearing sulphide minerals in drill cuttings form the Lufua zone in the Democratic Republic…
Amera targets Mogote
Vancouver A trenching program by newly minted Amera Resources (AMS-V) has confirmed the occurrence of extensive m…
Strike averted at Highland Valley
Vancouver – After a marathon bargaining session, Untied Steel Workers of America local 7619 and management at the H…
Alcan takes charge at Coega
An ongoing review of Pechiney assets has prompted Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) to book an impairment…
Tasiast permitted
The government of Mauritania has awarded Defiance Mining (DM-T) an exploitation permit for its Tasiast gold project…