Randsburg shares soar on diamond news
Randsburg International Gold (RGZ-V) shares shot up on news of its discovery of two diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe…
Vale S.A.
Miners bounce back in quiet market
U.S. stock markets rose fractionally in the trading period Feb. 14-20, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rising 11.71 points to 1,287.24. The broader trend concealed a generally strong showing…
Nichromet’s Ricardo Valls rises to life’s challenges — and nickel’s
Three years after the Bre-X scandal and subsequent decline of the mining industry, geologist Ricardo Valls found himself standing at the edge of a subway platform….
CVRD trades in old debt
Miners up in uncertain market
American equity markets moved little in the trading period Jan. 10-16, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index falling 2.54 points to 1,287.61 and the Dow 52.03 points to 10,959.87. But with higher c…
CVRD swapping old debt for new
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has issued US$1 billion in notes in a move to reorganize its debt at a significa…
CVRD to develop deposit
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Golds up in volatile market
Gold stocks were among the winners on U.S. equity markets during the trading period Dec. 6-12, as the broader market gyrated first in response to favourable economic statistics and later to another ri…
Gold cracks US$500 per oz.
With gold briefly topping US$500 per oz. in Asian trading on Nov. 29, gold miners dominated the most-active list in U.S. trading, with
Canico finds new CVRD bid less hostile (November 21, 2005)
Canico finds new CVRD bid less hostile (November 11, 2005)
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has upped its offer for nickel developer Canico Resources (CNI-T) and Canico’s b…
CVRD to put new copper deposit into production
The board of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has approved a US$232-million budget to develop the 118 copper depo…