Second hand equipment to lower costs at Northmet
Vancouver — With the use of second hand mining equipment, the capital cost for Polymet Mining’s (POM-V) proposed N…
Copper
Alcan to chop jobs (April 29, 2004)
Aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) will slash 277 jobs at the Paris headquarters of Pechiney, with which it recently merge…
Teck’s Pogo stuck, Lennard Shelf revival planned
Construction work at Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Pogo gold project in Alaska has ground to a halt after an environmental…
Alcan capitalizes on Pechiney takeover (April 27, 2004)
Alcan (AL-T) figures it can squeeze an additional US$110 million in savings out of its recent, multi-billion-dollar…
Chester deposit advances to prefeasibility
First Narrows Resources (UNO-V) is set to advance its Chester copper-polymetallic deposit to the prefeasibility sta…
Constellation revolves around Terrazas (April 26, 2004)
Denver-based Constellation Copper (CCU-T) has retained Jacobs Engineering Group to carry out a bankable feasibility…
Brazil to benefit from burgeoning China (April 23, 2004)
The Chinese government intends to spend as much as US$5 billion upgrading Brazil’s system of ports and railways to…
Orphan Boy adopts Goldstream Willa (April 20, 2004)
Vancouver-based Orphan Boy Resources (ORS-V) plans to spend $3.2 million this year advancing its projects in the Go…
Ivanhoe weighs offers for Oyu Tolgoi (April 19, 2004)
Shares in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) jumped 50 to $9.10 in early trading in Toronto on Monday after the company said th…
Ursa Major posts Shakespeare resource (April 16, 2004)
Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-V) has calculated a new resource at the Shakespeare nickel-copper deposit near Sudbury, On…
Aljustrel feasibility sees higher costs (April 14, 2004)
An update of the feasibility study on the Aljustrel zinc project in Portugal shows increased capital costs, partly…
Sur American finds new zone at Comval
Vancouver — Mapping and sampling have enabled Sur American Gold (SUR-V) to outline a copper-gold zone on the flank…