Death of Conte brings coup in Guinea
It didn’t take long for unrest to rear its head after the long serving president of Guinea was pronounced dea…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Velocity finding new moly in old Cassiar
Vancouver – The historic northern British Columbia mining town of Cassiar has a new resident: another junior explor…
Avalon gets top drill grades in the Lake zone
Avalon Ventures (AVL-T) set out to define the eastern, southern and western margins of the Lake zone at its Thor La…
BHP OKs Aussie Iron Ore Expansion
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l) has approved an expansion at its iron ore mining operations in Western Australia, which will raise production by 50 million tonnes to 205 million tonnes per year in 2011.
First Bauxite hard at work in Guyana
Vancouver – There’s a new junior exploring for bauxite, the red-coloured rock that provides the worl…
MagIndustries advances Kouilou potash project
Using a treasury with a consolidated working capital of about $105 million, MagIndustries (MAA-V) continues to adva…
Aguila Showing Size Potential For Duran Ventures
Vancouver — Drilling efforts at the Aguila copper-molybdenum prospect in Ancash, Peru, are starting to define a sizable zone for owner Duran Ventures (DRV-V, DUVNF-O).
Linear says new resource makes KM61 prefeasibilty-ready
Linear Metals (LRM-T) has come out with a resource estimate for its KM61 copper-moly-silver project near Armstrong,…
Katanga Halts Cobalt Production In DRC
Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-o) has stopped producing cobalt at two connected projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) because of falling prices for the metal.
Aguila showing size potential for Duran Ventures
Vancouver – Drilling efforts at the Aguila copper-molybdenum prospect in Ancash, Peru, are starting to define a siz…
BHP reduces manganese production, adjusts iron production
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the world’s largest mining company, has approved a capacity expansion at its iro…
StrataGold’s Mar tungsten deposit returns positive PEA
Vancouver – StrataGold (SGV-T) has been exploring the Dublin Gulch property for gold for several years but of late …