Final days for Crystallex?
If reports out of Venezuela are accurate, Crystallex International’s (KRY-T) long saga in the country may be coming…
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd
Copper ‘the real gold’
Describing many of the world’s current copper projects as “old ladies waiting in bed to die,” Robert Friedland, chief executive of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n), told analysts and investors at the Denv…
Robert Friedland calls copper the “real gold”
Describing many of the world’s current copper projects as “old ladies waiting in bed to die,” Robert Friedland, chi…
Robert Friedland talks coal at Denver Gold Conference
SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V) reported today that it has shipped its first thermal coal to China from its mass…
Jinshan names chairman of China National Gold as new CEO
Four months after China’s largest state-owned gold producer, China National Gold, acquired a 42% stake in Jinshan G…
‘Friedland envy’ haunts Diggers & Dealers
KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing game at Australia’s biggest mining conference, the Diggers & Dealers Mining F…
Western Prospector rejects Khan’s all-share bid
The board of Western Prospector Group (WNP-V, WEPGF-O) has rejected Khan Resources’ (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) unsolicited takeover bid for the company, saying it is “inadequate and falls significantly short of…
WSJ ad calls on U. S. to cut off aid to Mongolia
The Center for Individual Freedom has published a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal demanding that U. S. President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice tell Mongolia that it has to…
Fiesta’s over in Ecuador
The chaotic unravelling of Ecuador’s mineral exploration scene dominated talk in global mining circles during the week ended April 19, the 16th trading week of 2008.
Ivanhoe sells Jinshan stake
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n) is selling its controlling 42% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-o) to a Chinese gold-mining conglomerate, giving Jinshan powerful new owners with deep pockets and…
Uranium not so hot with Labrador Inuit
The week ended April 12, the 15th trading week of 2008, was punctuated by a setback for uranium explorers in Canada, as the Labrador Inuit government banned uranium mining for three years on the Labra…
Ivanhoe Mines sells Jinshan Gold Mines to state-owned Chinese enterprise
Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) decision to sell its 42% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) to a Chines…