BHP Billiton

BHP eyes nickel prospect in Manitoba

Vancouver — BHP Billiton Diamonds, a unit of mega-miner BHP Billiton (BHP-N), has secured rights to earn up to 70% of the so-called Big claims, held by ValGold Resources (VAL-V) in northern Manitoba.


Diamonds North, BHP consolidate holdings

Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has merged its land holdings in the eastern Arctic of Nunavut with those of BHP Billiton (BHP-N) to form a joint venture covering more than 7 million acres (28,300 sq. km) arou…


Ekati returns to normal levels

Production at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories has returned to levels of those reported a year a…


Base metals buoyed by manufacturing gains; Shakespeare

The most recent U.S. industrial production data showed a solid gain in the fourth quarter of 2003, led by a 1% jump in manufacturing output. The gains were boad-based, spreading across almost all manufacturing output categories. The February stren…


Quadra raises funds to revive Robinson

Vancouver — Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has raised $145 million as part of a broad effort to become a mid-tier, base metal mining and exploration company, and used some of the proceeds to acquire the Robinson copper mine project, nea…


Miners dodge market slide

A generally poor report period for U.S. equity markets didn’t extend to the mining stocks, which were mostly higher over the five trading days March 17-23 as the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 index both fell slightly more than 1%.


BHP Billiton boosts nickel business (March 29, 2004)

Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel laterite deposit in Western Australia. The scheme also calls for a doubling of capacity at the Yabulu nickel refin…


Awards Committee Chairman Edward Thompson presents the Special Achievement Award to John Postle and William Roscoe of Roscoe Postle and Associates.

Ivanhoe honoured for Oyu Tolgoi

Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) Chairman Robert Friedland has been known to wax eloquently about his company’s mining projects scattered throughout the globe but before he took the stage at the annual awards ce…


The hunt for precious stones in Canada also extends to emeralds and sapphires. Above, Holly Johnson, an office administrator with True North Gems, and geologist Bonnie Pemberton hold emerald and sapphire mineralization from the Yukon and Baffin Island, respectively.

Canada overtakes South Africa in diamond value

With two diamond mines already established and three projects at the permitting stages, Canada will surpass South Africa this year in terms of diamond production value and move into third place, behin…


BHP streamlines management

The biggest corporate shuffle during the period ended March 16 was carried out by the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton. The major has brought its customer-sector-groups division under thre…


Hecla shatters silver record

The old dog is still learning new tricks: in 2003, U.S. silver miner Hecla Mining enjoyed the best year of silver production in its 113-year history. The company mined a record 9.8 million oz. at a to…


A pilot prepares for takeoff from a heli-pad at the Angostura property.

Greystar resumes exploration at Angostura

Bucaramanga, Colombia — After a few very tough years at its multi-million-ounce Angostura gold project in Colombia, a resurgent gold price and a dramatically improved security situation have combined…


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