Barrick’s Regent Sees Broader Mandate
Increasing profits to US$492 million would be good news for many miners. But for Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), the bar is set a little higher — and while its second-quarter profits were up from US$485…
Barrick Gold Corporation
The future is the key for Barrick
Increasing profits to US$492 million would be the envy of many miners. But when that company is Barrick Gold (…
IMA, Kobex And International Barytex Plan Merger
The proposed merger of three junior explorers would create a cash-rich company with a star-studded cast of directors including Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Roman Shklanka and Alexander Davids…
Canadian Gold Hunter And Sanu Resources To Merge
With the proposed merger of Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-T, CGHLF-O) and Sanu Resources (SNU-V, SNULF-O), both part of the Lundin Group of Companies, the combined entity will have exploration properties …
Golden Band Offers Investors $30M Gold-Linked Debenture
Tight credit markets and wary investors have forced Golden Band Resources (GBN-V, GBRIF-O) to try to sell investors physical gold it hasn’t yet produced through a $30-million gold-linked convertible d…
Baja Mining Gets ICA Fluor For Boleo
Vancouver-based Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) has hired ICA Fluor as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm for the first phase of construction at its Boleo copper-cobalt-…
WGM Signs On For UN Global Compact Policy
Mining consultant Watts, Griffis and McOuat has signed on to the United Nations Global Compact, an agreement meant to align businesses with 10 universally accepted principles encompassing human rights…
Royal Gold Builds Reserves
At the end of 2008, Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) had royalty interests on 30% more gold and 16% more silver than the year before.
Suppliers News (June 08, 2009)
ABB Lands $28M Order With Terrane
Anti-Mining Bill Heads To Committee
The 20th trading week of the year was marked by the beginning of committee work on one of the more anti-miner bills to move through Canada’s House of Commons in recent years. Bill C-300, also cited as…
Editorial: Anti-mining CSR bill heads to committee in Ottawa
Late May is seeing the beginning of committee work on one of the more anti-miner bills to move through Canada’s Hou…
Barrick To Build Pascua-Lama
It has taken more than a decade, but Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has finally decided to build an open-pit mine straddling the border between Chile and Argentina, many thousands of metres above sea lev…