Rio Tinto earns US$7.4B in 2006
Surging demand from China for iron ore and copper resulted in a record-setting year for Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in 2006, but the company expects to see some moderation in 2007.
Uranium
Delay at Cigar Lake
Vancouver — The global uranium market is expected to remain in limbo as it waits for the world’s leading producer, Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N), to estimate the timeline for a production startup at its floo…
Uranium feasibility study for Equinox copper project
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has entered into a $175-million bought-deal financing agreement to fund the develop…
Editor’s Picks: Top news of the week (February 16, 2007)
Acquisitions within the mid-tier sector took centre stage in the trading week ended Feb. 16, with the biggest one a…
Greenpeace eyeing Tournigan uranium project
Vancouver – Keeping local residents informed about its plans to develop a uranium mine in eastern Slovakia has beco…
UPDATE:Purepoint bulks up in Athabasca basin
Two joint ventures in two weeks with the two giants of the uranium world have lifted Purepoint Uranium Groups (PTU…
SXR moves to acquire UrAsia (February 12, 2007)
SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXR-J) has offered to take over UrAsia Energy (UUU-T, UUU-L) to create a $5-billion uranium…
Editors picks: top stories of the week
No commodity has more questions marks around it right now than uranium, with its very tight supply and continued pr…
Wealth raises $6 million for Argentina uranium
Vancouver – News that Wealth Minerals (WML-V) has raised $6 million to finance exploration at the companys uraniu…
Cigar Lake report due next month: Cameco
Vancouver – Uranium giant Cameco (CCO-T) posted sharply lower fourth-quarter profits due to problems at its Cigar L…
Pro-Spect-Or to acquire two James Bay uranium properties
Pro-Spect-Or Resources (PSR-V) has signed an agreement to acquire two uranium exploration properties in the James B…
UraMin seeks big-league status in African uranium
When gold prices rose sharply in the early years of this decade, companies came along whose purpose was to assemble projects that didn’t make the grade at low prices, but had potential to go to produc…