Falco concedes
A year-long quest is finally coming to an end for Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L, with Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL-N) board of directors effectively handing over the reins of the iconic Canadian mining compan…
Nickel
Maybe not to be: NAP exits stage left at Shakespeare
North American Palladium (PDL-T), through its subsidiary, Lac des Iles Mines, has walked away from option agreement…
Teck tosses the towel
Teck Cominco (TCK.A-T, TCK-N) has officially thrown in the towel in the fight for Inco (N-T, N-N) after failing to …
Teck snaps Inco’s olive branch (August 14, 2006)
Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has politely declined Inco’s (N-T, N-N) invitation to the negotiating table, instead preferring to stick to its game plan and existing cash-and-share takeover bid for the…
CVRD joins Inco bidding war
The takeover battle for Inco (N-T, N-N) is heating up, with Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) emer…
Blackstone cuts wide nickel intercept in southern Norway
Vancouver – Drilling by Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V, BLVKF-O) and joint venture partner Sulfidmalm, a wholly owned s…
Falconbridge concedes
The end of a yearlong quest is finally in plain sight for Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L), with Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL…
LionOre proves up orebody in Botswana
LionOre Mining (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) has confirmed a NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource for the Selkirk deposit…
Teck snaps Inco’s olive branch (August 08, 2006)
Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has politely declined Inco’s (N-T, N-N) invitation to the negotiating table, instead …
Teck ups bid for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) has begun, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the cash portion of its bid just four days after the nickel miner failed in its attempt to…
Richview gets Thierry results (August 07, 2006)
Early stage metallurgical testing on samples from the Thierry copper-nickel deposit near Pickle Lake, Ont., have shown successful concentration in a conventional bulk flotation system….
Sherritt makes $93M in first half (August 02, 2006)
Strong revenues thanks to high commodity prices brought Sherritt International (S-T) a net income of $57.2 million …