Diamond Fields sheds its royalty burden
Vancouver – Agreements are in place for Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) to cancel all its royalty obligations …
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Asian Mineral completes Ban Phuc nickel assessment
Vancouver – Aspiring nickel developer Asian Mineral Resources (ASN-V) has wrapped up the preliminary assessment on …
Palladon lines up US$13-million financing
Vancouver – Palladon Ventures (PLL-V) has arranged a US$13-million financing for its acquisition of the past produc…
Cardero nails iron at Pampa de Pongo (April 06, 2005)
Vancouver – Drilling at Cardero Resource’s (CDU-V) Pampa de Pongo project in southern Peru intersected extensive ma…
WCCC to get double the price for coal this year
Vancouver – Western Canadian Coal (WTN-V) will see US$100 for each tonne of PCI coal it ships to its customers at s…
Consmin gets Reliance (March 18, 2005)
Australian alloy-metals producer Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L) has netted 96% of the shares of nickel producer Reli…
Cline Mining firms up coal resource
Vancouver – On the heels of last week’s protest visit by Montana state’s senator, Cline Mining (CMK-V) has updated…
Private group to take over Primary Metals block
Avocet Mining (AVM-L), the London-listed gold producer, has reached an agreement to sell its 49% interest in Vancou…
WCCC cashes up on heels of Wolverine approval
Vancouver – Western Canadian Coal (WTN-V) is a few steps closer to becoming a significant metallurgical coal produc…
Tiberon pinning down costs at Nui Phao
Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T) reports that an interim feasibility study is positive, and points to a 16.6% internal rate…
WGI Heavy Minerals weathers tsunami with minor damage
Vancouver – Counting its blessings, WGI Heavy Minerals’ (WG-T) operations sustained only minimal damage following t…
Western Canadian clinches major coal deals
Vancouver – It looks like more northeastern B.C. coal will be heading to South Korea to fire that country’s steel i…