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Venerable steelmaker Dofasco (DFS-T) owns a third of iron ore producer Quebec Cartier Mines (QCM) and has agreed to buy the remaining two-thirds from Companhia Auxiliar de Empresas…

In play since mid-June, Noranda (NRD-T) has finally whittled down its list of potential suitors to Chinese parastatal enterprise China Minmetals.…

U.S. stock markets rose slightly over the period Aug. 25-31. The S&P 500 index was up eight points, or 0.73%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.74%, or 75.29 points, to close at 10,173.92 points.

A sagging gold price pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index 9.28 points, or 4.8%, lower to a 2.5-month low of 183.89 during the July 21-27 report period.

Over the period ended July 13, Brazil’s CVRD announced its first-ever direct investment in China in the form of a joint venture to produce coke fuel with China’s Yankuang Group and Japan’s Itochu Corp.

The report period June 29-July 6 saw reduced activity caused by Canada Day and, south of the border, Independence Day. Gold closed down $9.75 to finish at US$394.50 per oz. in the afternoon of July 6 in London. The gold index was down by 0.04 poin…

Alcoa kicked off earnings season by tallying fourth-quarter net income of US$291 million, or US33 per share, on US$5.5 billion in sales, compared to a loss of US$223 million on sales of US$5.1 billio…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average distinguished itself during the report period ended Dec. 16 by again flying past the 10,000 mark — a feat not achieved since March 2002 — and settling up 206.14 poin…

Vancouver — Spokane-based Yamana Gold (YRI-T) (formerly Yamana Resources) has assumed operatorship at its newly acquired Fazenda Brasileiro gold mine in northeastern Brazil.Last month Yamana paid Com…