Supplier News (May 25, 2007)
Glencairn gives AMEC greenlight, buys old millGlencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) has hired London-based engineering …
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
BHP Billiton rumoured plotting Rio Tinto bid
Vancouver – Market buzz has the worlds largest mining company BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-A, BLT-L) brewing up a take…
Water Scarcity Could Hit Chile’s Miners
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Lundin to Absorb Tenke
Vancouver — Advancing its plan to become a major international mining house, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) has tabled a $1.4-billion all-stock deal to acquire sister company Tenke Mining (TNK-T, TNKDF…
Georgia soars on Mexican moly plans (April 16, 2007)
Vancouver — News of Georgia Ventures’ (GVI-V, GGVTF-O) plans to acquire the Creston molybdenum deposit in Sonora state, Mexico, sent the junior’s stock soaring recently, as much as 200% on strong tra…
Georgia soars on Mexican moly plans (March 27, 2007)
Vancouver – News of Georgia Ventures (GVI-V, GGVTF-O) plans to acquire the Creston molybdenum deposit in Sonora St…
Freeport, Phelps Deal Wins Vote
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have completed their merger after shareholders voted in favour of the proposed combination of the two companies.
Editor’s Picks: top stories of week 11
The trading week which ended March 16, the eleventh of the year, was highlighted by record nickel prices, which h…
Freeport, Phelps deal wins vote
Shareholders of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have voted in favour of the propos…
Ivanhoe Rides Mongolian Roller Coaster in 2006
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — At first glance, Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project may seem to have grabbed an undue amount of attention for a project in the far reaches of the Gob…
Freeport may lose chunk of Grasberg
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) may have to sell a 9.36% of its massive Grasberg project in Indonesia to loc…
Phelps approves construction at Tenke Fungurume
Vancouver – US giant Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has handed a newly elected government in the Democratic Republic of Congo …