CVRD secures control of Canico
Vancouver Diversified Brazilian miner Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) has acquired 42.1 million shares of Canic…
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Dynatec reels on Implats exit
Shares in Dynatec (DY-T) plummeted as much as 26%, to $1.01, in early trading in Toronto on Nov. 28, after the comp…
Rio Narcea breaks ground in Mauritania
Rio Narcea Gold Mines’ (RNG-T) has broken ground at its Tasiast gold project, 310 km northeast of Mauritania’s capi…
Canico finds new CVRD bid less hostile (November 11, 2005)
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has upped its offer for nickel developer Canico Resources (CNI-T) and Canico’s b…
Crowflight thinks it’s got new tonnage (November 09, 2005)
Drilling this summer and fall on the Bucko nickel deposit, near Wabowden in northern Manitoba, will allow Crowfligh…
Mequillon extended further east
Resource drilling at the Lac Mequillon nickel-copper deposit in the Nunavik district of far northern Quebec has now…
Inco earnings slide on higher costs
Nickel giant Inco (N-T, N-N) saw its third quarter net earnings more than halved to US$62 million owing mostly to i…
First Nickel moves on Bowell results
Shares in First Nickel (FNI-T) shot up 18, or 13%, to $1.58 in early trading in Toronto on Oct. 24, after the comp…
Franconia sees favourable economics at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk unde…
Stepout holes expand Tootoo
New drilling by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) on the Tootoo prospect in the Raglan nickel camp of far northern Quebec …
Canico rejects Brazilian bid
The board of directors of Canico Resource (CNI-T) has unanimously recommended that its shareholders reject an unsol…
Inco-Falco deal to create a colossus
“Why don’t Inco (N-T, N-N) and Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) merge?”It’s a question that’s crossed the mind of…