Kalgoorlie’s fleeting view of Robert Friedland
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — He came, he spoke, he went!…
BHP Billiton
Mid-tier miners steal Diggers & Dealers spotlight
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — While uranium was a much talked about subject at the recent Diggers & Dealers forum, stockbrokers, fund managers and resource bankers in the capacity crowd were me…
Diavik wins safety award
For the second straight year, Diavik Diamond Mines has been awarded the John T. Ryan Regional Trophy for select mines in western Canada….
A new lead at Broken Hill
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Could there be a virginal extension to the great Line of Lode at the renowned Broken Hill silver-lead-zinc camp in southwest New South Wales? Australian junior
Liberty Mines gets busy at Redstone (August 22, 2005)
Vancouver – Liberty Mines (LBE-V) has received its dewatering permit for the past producing Redstone nickel mine lo…
Xstrata takes Falco stake (August 22, 2005)
Zug, Switzerland-based, diversified base metal miner
Shougang losing friends in Marcona
Lima, Peru — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez once said that China’s Chairman Mao and South America’s independence hero Simon Bolivar would have been the best of friends had they met, a lively ackno…
Xstrata grows Alumbrera, earnings
Swiss-based, diversified base metal miner Xstrata (XTA-L) has boosted reserves by more than 10% at the Alumbrera co…
McGill mines mineral expert
Renowned scholar Roussos Dimitrakopoulos has joined McGill University in Montreal to pursue his ongoing research into mine engineering….
Peruvian royalty proving problematic
Lima, Peru — Record international metals prices have been hugely profitable for Peru. They also brought with them a nasty surprise: mining royalties. Everyone, it seemed, wanted a slice of the pie. B…
Southern Arc picks prospects in Indonesia
Vancouver — Canadian junior companies are a rare sight in Indonesia since the Busang “gold” deposit went bust in 1997, but for the few contrarians in the game, the dearth of competition means more op…
BHP’s Queensland ships 1B tonnes coal
It took 38 years but BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Queensland coal operation passed a major milestone recently when the company shipped its 1 billionth tonne of coal from the Bowen Basin mi…