OM in freefall
After dropping from US$40 to US$30 in the previous week, the shares of cobalt refiner OM Group collapsed further during the report period, falling 71% on Oct. 29 to US$8.95 and closing at US$7.49 on t…
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Anglo extends Boyongan
Vancouver — Delineation drilling on the Boyongan prospect in the Philippines continues to churn out impressive copper-gold values.Partners Anglo American (AAUK-Q) and Philex Gold (PGI-V) have six rig…
OM whacked by UN report
Shares in Cleveland-based cobalt refiner OM Group crashed to a three-and-a-half-year low during the report period following its mention in a UN Security Council report on illegal mining activity in th…
New tents pitched in Red Lake camp
Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 60% stake in Global Consolidated Minerals’ Dome project, in the Red Lake mining camp in northern Ontario.To acquire its int…
Golds slump in weak market
Dow 36,000 receded further into the distance over the report period Oct. 1-8, with the bellwether U.S. stock index plunging 437.30 points to finish at 7,501.49. But the gold stocks, which have been fe…
BHP shuts Anglo out of Ekati
It was a relationship that couldn’t last: BHP Billiton has notified its global rival, Anglo American, that it would not renew its agreement allowing Anglo subsidiary De Beers the right to marke…
Sweden’s Storliden makes the grade
Skelleftea, Sweden — Storliden, the first new mine in Sweden in more than a decade, has begun commercial production of copper and zinc on time and under budget.Situated 140 km northwest of the city o…
Aussie success drives LionOre’s growth
Perth, Australia — The last couple of years have been stellar ones for LionOre Mining International (LIM-T). Through timely acquisitions and a string of grassroots discoveries in Western Australia, t…
AfriOre gains gold interests in Africa
Continuing its trek to become a gold producer, metal-explorer-turned-coal-miner AfriOre (AFO-T) has wrapped up two deals to gain interests in gold exploration projects in Mali and South Africa.In Mali…
Nickel laterites fail to live up to early promise
The pioneers of Australia’s nickel laterite industry set the bar way too high. Just three years ago, they were the stars of the nickel business, determined to lower the industry cost curve and revolut…
Anaconda Nickel tables debt plan
Australian-based Anaconda Nickel has reached a deal that will see its secured creditors receive US$190 million in cash, or about US25 on the dollar, for the outstanding secured debts of its wholly ow…
LionOre to consolidate Aussie nickel operations (September 16, 2002)
Looking to consolidate its nickel mining interests down under, Toronto-based LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has launched an A85-per-share bid for the 20% stake it doesn’t already own in its Aus…