Rumours have been circulating for weeks that cash-rich BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BTL-L) might be interested in making a bid for Lundin Mining (LUN-T), but a late-night post on the Telegraph’s website on Aug. 8 added more fuel to the fire.
At just 19.5¢ a share and 57.4 million shares outstanding, Mukuba Resources (MKU-V) may have slipped under the radar of many investors. But a recent option and joint-venture (JV) agreement on a tenement adjacent to the Tenke-Fungurume mine…
Copper prices could move lower before they go higher, but Barclays Capital says it believes we have not yet seen the highs for this year.
Peruvian-focused mining stocks took a nosedive this June after left-wing populist candidate Ollanta Humala narrowly won Peru’s presidential electoral run-off held on June 5. With 99% of the ballots counted, Humala captured 51.5% of the…
Peruvian-focused mining stocks nose dived Monday after left-wing populist candidate Ollanta Humala appeared to have narrowly won Peru’s presidential electoral run-off held on Sunday, June 5. With 88% of the ballots counted, Humala had 51.3% of…
British Columbia’s Quesnel Trough could see heightened exploration this year now that several international majors have taken an interest.
Having spent the last two decades making a A$338-million fortune providing accommodation to mining companies, Australia’s Kevin Maloney has now decided to try his hand at mining himself. In March, he invested $10.2 million in Vancouver-based…
Vancouver – Having spent the last two decades making a A$338-million fortune providing accommodation to mining companies, Australia’s Kevin Maloney has now decided to try his hand at the real thing. In March, he invested $10.2 million in…
In six years, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has grown from being little more than a concept to a company with very real plans to restart copper production this year from the historic Rio Tinto open-pit copper mine in southwestern…
Increasing consumer confidence led to a second straight weekly advance for U.S. stocks. Oil prices fell on news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally resigned and handed power over to the military, removing some of the uncertainty and…
The African Copperbelt running through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hosts some of the world’s richest copper and copper-cobalt deposits, and has attracted dozens of junior companies over the years. But like moths to a…
As European stocks advanced for the second straight week, banks and technology companies, led by JPMorgan Chase, sent U.S. stock indexes higher, marking a seventh week of gains. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 112.62 points, or 1%, to…
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