Andina on strike
Vancouver – The supply of copper concentrates on the world’s market got a little bit tighter after workers walked…
Copper
Milling tests positive at Shakespeare
Test milling of drill core samples from the Shakespeare copper-nickel project west of Sudbury, Ont., has successful…
BHP Billiton sells Highland Valley Copper interest
Vancouver — BHP Billiton has inked a deal with privately-owned Quadra Mining to sell its 33.6% interest in the Hi…
Cashin, Lisbon get thumbs-up sign
An independent study has concluded that the Cashin copper deposit of Constellation Copper (CCU-T) could be economic…
Alcan secures 92.21% of Pechiney
With Alcan’s (AL-T) 4-billion-euro takeover bid for France’s Pechiney expiring, the Canadian aluminum giant reports…
SAGC raises Pimenton funds (December 02, 2003)
Aiming to restart the Pimenton gold-copper mine in Chile, South American Gold & Copper (SAG-T) has raised $3.5 mill…
Nevsun hits new zone at Bisha (December 01, 2003)
Drilling at the Bisha project in Eritrea has led to the discovery of a new massive sulphide zone, reports Nevsun Re…
Bwana has Mkubwa quarter
The third quarter of 2003 was a good one for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T), as its Bwana Mkubwa operation in the Za…
Ontzinc bids on remains of Pasminco (November 28, 2003)
Administrators of Australian zinc and lead producer Pasminco have rejected a bid by Venture-listed developer Ontzin…
Jaguar Nickel fires up pilot plant (November 28, 2003)
Junior Jaguar Nickel (JNI-T) has started up a pilot plant designed to test the viability of its proprietary atmosph…
Teck, EPA at loggerheads over Roosevelt Lake cleanup (November 27, 2003)
Talks have broken off between enforcement staff of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Teck…
QGX drills Chuluut
A newly discovered breccia pipe has become the target of a drilling program by QGX (QGX-V).Dubbed Chuluut, the…