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BHP Billiton — Xolani Mkwanazi appointed CEO of Aluminium South Africa.

Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has entered into two joint ventures to explore for gold and copper in southern Peru.

Overburden sampling by Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T) has revealed indicator minerals for sulphide deposits on the Isurtuq property on southeastern Baffin Island.

Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has staked more than 1,200 sq. km of new mineral claims 100 km south of Baker Lake in Nunavut, following the recovery of kimberlite indicator mineral grains from multiple till samples. The sample…

Vancouver — Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has shipped the first load of copper concentrate from its recently restarted Robinson mine in Ely, Nev. However, the good news was overshadowed an accident that killed two contract miners at th…

U.S. stock markets were quiet during the report period Dec. 15-21, rising only slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.98 points to 10,759.43.

Vancouver — Drilling by Lumina Copper (LCC-T) has expanded the amount of copper mineralization at the Regalito project in Chile.

U.S. stock markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 1-7, but the mining stocks fell sharply. The S&P 500 index, representative of the broad market, was up 3.25 points to 1,177.07, but the XAU gold and silver index fell about 6% in t…

Despite disappointing microdiamond results from a second year of drilling on the Churchill joint venture in eastern Nunavut, Shear Minerals (SRM-V) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-V) continue to promote the project…

U.S. stock markets finished little-changed over the report period Nov. 17-23 despite a selloff on Nov. 19 following comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on how the U.S. current account deficit might depress the value of the greenbac…

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