Adastra sticks to its guns
Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L) continues to thumb its nose at the hostile advances of First Quantum Minerals (FM-T…
First Quantum Minerals Ltd
ZCCM invests US$30 million in Equinox
State-owned Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines’ 86.6%-owned subsidiary ZCCM Investments Holdings has agreed to subscr…
First Quantum sweetens Adastra bid (March 20, 2006)
It took more than two months of steadfast protestations of opportunism and inadequacy by Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, A…
Record Q4 and 2005 earnings for First Quantum
Vancouver – Soaring copper prices drove home the bottom line for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L, FQVLF-O) enro…
Adastra advances Kolwezi
A definitive feasibility study gives a hearty thumbs-up to a 2.3-million-tonne-per-year operation at the Kolwezi co…
Mitsubishi eyes slice of Kolwezi
TSX rebounds on gold, oil rally
The Toronto Stock Exchange clawed back 346.27 points to finish the Feb. 14-20 report period at 11,865.76, with all of the precious metals, and most of the base metals staging recoveries. After plummet…
Equinox advances Lumwana, adopts poison pill
Red-hot copper prices, a consolidating industry, and a developing copper project in Zambia, have prompted Australia…
Mitsubishi eyes a slice of Kolwezi
Adastra Minerals’ (AAA-T, AAA-L) directors have unanimously urged shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid by …
Adastra circles the wagons
Following a day of examination,
The DRC: Unlimited potential or relentless turmoil?
The recent killings of eight UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reminded the world of the chaotic flux at work in the country. Every time optimism begins to take hold in the DRC,…
TSX zeros in on 12,000-mark
The TSX Composite Index added 214.1 points to end the Jan. 24-30 report period at another record close of 11,947.47. The gold index recovered from last period’s stumble, plus some, adding 9.58 points…