New Cantech tables Lucky Ship moly resource (April 28, 2006)
Vancouver – A mineral resource estimate is now in hand for New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybd…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Low moly prices could thwart Phelps’ plans for Climax
Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has announced plans to restart its Climax molybdenum mine, in Leadville, Colo., but with the metal’s price down from last year, not everyone is convinced the plans will come to fru…
Blue Pearl eyes Davidson connector (April 13, 2006)
Underground drilling on the Lower zone at the Davidson molybdenum project, 10 km west of Smithers, B.C., continues …
Supplier News (April 03, 2006)
Atlas Copco helps build Sudbury attraction…
First Quantum sweetens Adastra bid (March 27, 2006)
It took more than two months of steadfast protests of opportunism and financial inadequacy by Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L), but First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O, FQM-L) has finally added a cas…
Eramet launches friendly bid for Weda Bay
Having failed to wrest control of the Koniambo ferronickel project in New Caledonia’s Northern province from partners Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and Socit Minire du Sud Pacifique (SMSP), Eramet…
First Quantum sweetens Adastra bid (March 20, 2006)
It took more than two months of steadfast protestations of opportunism and inadequacy by Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, A…
Asia Pacific finds a buyer
Potash developer Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) has inked an agreement for a friendly bid from a Thai company to ta…
Adastra advances Kolwezi
A definitive feasibility study gives a hearty thumbs-up to a 2.3-million-tonne-per-year operation at the Kolwezi co…
Erdene Gold gets cozy with Xstrata
Vancouver – Erdene Gold’s (ERD-T, ERDGF-O) relationship with Swiss-based mining giant Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) is g…
Blue Pearl eyes Endako milling deal
Junior molybdenum hopeful Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Endako Mines to bu…
Editorial: All OK at K2
January opened with a dozen miners’ deaths stemming from a too-little, too-late response to an explosion at the Sag…