Freeport earnings up on higher prices (July 19, 2006)
Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport…
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PGM Ventures to reopen Spanish zinc-copper mine (May 15, 2006)
With a full feasibility study completed, new management appointed, most of the financing and permits getting lined up, and copper and zinc prices soaring, the key pieces are now falling into place for…
PGM Ventures to reopen Spanish zinc-copper mine (May 09, 2006)
With a full feasibility study completed, new management appointed, most of the financing and permits getting lined …
Protests against Freeport’s Grasberg mine turn deadly (March 27, 2006)
Vancouver — The latest in a continuing series of protests against Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg gold-copper mine, in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua, has escalated in…
Protests against Freeport’s Grasberg mine turn deadly (March 17, 2006)
Vancouver – The latest in a continuing series of protests against Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg…
Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg
Vancouver — A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s Pa…
Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Vancouver – A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan …
Rio Tinto has big year (February 02, 2006)
Year-end financial figures from Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) showed record underlying earnings in 2005.The A…
Defence begins for Bre-X’s Felderhof
The defence began to build its case on Wednesday in an effort to exonerate John Felderhof, Bre-X Minerals’ former c…
Rising dollar bats resource stocks
Resource stocks in general fell during the period Feb. 2-8, even as major U.S. stock indices gained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 1.6% over the period, closing at 10,724.63. Strength in…
Alcoa a volume leader
U.S. stock markets rose over the period Jan. 12-18. The S&P 500 index gained 13 points to close at 1,195.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72.6 points, at 10,628.79.
GFMS bullish on gold despite early stumble (January 24, 2005)
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