Rainy River hits feasibility milestone
Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T) president and CEO Raymond Threlkeld is touting the company’s Rainy River gold deposit in northwestern Ontario as “low risk and very high return.”
Nickel
First Point and Cliffs envision a nickel mine at Decar
VANCOUVER — A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Decar project in central B.C. estimates an open-pit mine at the site could produce nickel commercially for joint-venture owners First Point Minerals (FPX-T) and Cliffs Natural…
TSX slips during March 11-15
The TSX Composite Index was down nearly 6 points to end the March 11-15 week at 12,830.03 points, thanks to a 1% or 134-point decline on March 13.
First Quantum’s annual profit hit by lower copper prices
VANCOUVER — Despite a 16% year-on-year jump in copper production Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) told a familiar story during an annual report on its 2012 fiscal year: falling average realized copper prices and rising…
Sherritt reports loss, but boosts dividend on back of Ambatovy
Sherritt International (S-T) has shouldered such industry-wide hardships as lower commodity prices and higher costs, but the company is signalling its bullishness for the future by increasing its dividend, despite reporting a…
Sherritt reports loss but boosts dividend on back of Ambatovy
Sherritt International (S-T) had to shoulder some of the same industry wide hardships as lower commodity prices and higher costs, but the company signaled its bullishness for the future by increasing its dividend despite reporting a fourth…
Delaney: Resource extraction to be more costly, difficult
In a speech on the state of the global mining industry, Ian Delaney, chairman of Sherritt International (S-T), stated that the world has entered an era of resource scarcity, in which most large-scale, high-grade deposits have already been…
Vale takes hefty write-downs
Vale (VALE-N) is taking a US$2.85 billion write-down on its Onça Puma nickel mine in the northern Brazilian state of Para after troubles with two furnaces earlier this year led to the halting of its ferronickel…
First Quantum adds heft to two Zambian projects
Proving that it’s got more going on than a potential merger with Inmet Mining (IMN-T), First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has delivered some serious tonnage from two of its projects in Zambia.
Duluth, Antofagasta go big on the South Kawishiwi
Toronto-based Duluth Metals (DM-T) and 40% joint-venture partner Antofagasta (ANTO-L) can claim to hold one of the largest pollymetallic sulphide deposits following a resource update on the Twin Metals project near Ely, Minn. Duluth announced…
First Quantum offers $5.1B in sweetened bid for Inmet
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) has stepped up its game for Inmet Mining (IMN-T) with a hostile $5.1-billion takeover offer in hopes of winning over Inmet shareholders after failing twice to entice the company’s board in recent…
Lundin slips on three-year output guidance
Toronto-based Lundin Mining (LUN-T) dropped slightly after publishing its three-year production outlook for 2013 to 2015, as it lowered its estimates for copper, zinc and nickel from its previous guidance, but managed to keep them above 2012…