Lonmin buys into Wallbridge (June 18, 2007)
Lonmin (LNMIF-O, LMI-L) has agreed to take a private placement that could give it an 18% shareholding in Wallbridge Mining (WM-T, WLBMF-O), and cements an existing alliance in the Sudbury camp.
Inco Limited
Suppliers News (June 04, 2007)
Glencairn gives AMEC green light, buys old mill
NAP outlines Shebandowan zones
An 8,400-metre drilling program at the Shebandowan mine, west of Thunder Bay, Ont., has defined three zones of mineralization west of the former nickel producer.
CVRD to spend US$477 million sprucing up Canadian assets
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) will spend US$477 million this year to maintain its Canadian nickel proje…
Int’l Royalty to Buy Nsr on Pascua-Lama
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) monstrous Pascua-Lama gold deposit, whi…
Ravensthorpe to Cost US$2.2 Billion
A revision of estimated capital costs for the Ravensthorpe laterite nickel project in Western Australia now gives the project a price tag of US$2.2 billion.
Xstrata Nickel invests $5M in CEMI
Xstrata Nickel has invested $5 million in the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.
Suppliers News (December 12, 2006)
MTI’s Lipic NOBA’s entrepreneur of the yearThe 20th annual Northern Ontario Business Awards has given its Entre…
Ravensthorpe to cost US$2.2 billion
A revision of estimated capital costs for the Ravensthorpe laterite nickel project in Western Australia now gives t…
Teck posts $504M profit
Vancouver — Robust commodity prices continue to fuel Teck Cominco’s (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) revenue engine, delivering strong third-quarter net income of $504 million ($2.34 per share), up from $405 million…
CVRD sambas into Toronto
A day after announcing that Brazilian iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) had acquired 76% of Inco’s (N-T, N-N) shares and were closing in on finalizing the takeover, the top bras…
Editorial: We’ll think no more of Inco. . .
October marked the beginning of a new era for Canadian mining, with the absorption of the iconic Canadian nickel miner Inco into the Brazilian base metals behemoth, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.