WGI Heavy Minerals weathers tsunami with minor damage
Vancouver – Counting its blessings, WGI Heavy Minerals’ (WG-T) operations sustained only minimal damage following t…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
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…
Asia Pacific irons out Udon North wrinkles (November 03, 2004)
The Thai government has assured Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) that it now has priority over the majority of the la…
Timminco acquires Becancour Silicon
Specialty and light-metals company Timminco (TIM-T) has added silicon metal and ferrosilicon to its mix of product…
WGI Heavy Minerals eyes Sierra Rutile
Vancouver – WGI Heavy Minerals (WG-T) is planning to acquire the world’s largest and highest grade rutile deposit,…
Tiomin lands Kwale license
The government of Kenya has granted Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) a 21-year mining license for its long-stalled Kwale ti…
Cambior closes Sequoia acquisition (July 05, 2004)
Cambior (CBJ-T) has inked workers at the Niobec niobium mine in St-Honore, Que., to a new four-year collective agre…
Black Bull starts quartz production
Vancouver – Black Bull Resources’ (BBS-V) wholly owned White Rock quartz mine, in Yarmouth Cty., Nova Scotia, has r…
Xstrata closes mothballed Windimurra
Despite current high vanadium prices, London-listed diversified miner Xstrata has confirmed the permanent closure o…
Cambior snaps up Sequoia (April 21, 2004)
Gold major Cambior (CBJ-T) has unveiled a friendly offer to acquire all the outstanding shares of industrial-minera…
Tiomin secures port land
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has acquired a three-acre parcel of land on the south side of Mombasa harbour, advancing i…
Asia Pacific seeks Udon North resolution (February 18, 2004)
Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) and the Thai Department of Primary Industry and Mines (DPM) will look for an indepen…