Phelps Dodge Corporation



Photo by Pattie BealesEquinox Minerals personnel at the Mulandwe RC sample farm, from left: Kevin van Niekerk, vice-president investor relations and corporate development; Greg Winch, chief exploration geologist; Bruce Nisbet, vice-president exploration; Michael Richards, exploration manager for Africa; Craig Williams, president; Noel McNee, Lumwana site operations and technical manager; and Harry Michael, chief operating officer.

Equinox forges ahead at Lumwana

Solwezi, Zambia — The engineering and development contract for Equinox Minerals‘ (EQN-T) Lumwana copper project has been awarded to GRD Minproc, a unit of Australian-based


Mining stocks in slump

U.S. stock markets ended slightly higher over the April 26-May 2 period. The S&P 500 index rose 0.06 point to close at 1,162.16, while the Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.23 points, finishing…


Anticipation buoys the market

U.S. stock markets climbed higher during the April 19-25 period. The S&P 500 index rose 16.12 points to close at 1,162.10 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 171.22 to finish at 1…


Commodity gloom spreads

U.S. equity markets were generally lower in the report period April 12-18, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling back 377.31 points, or 3.6% of value, to close at 10,071.25 points. Even as cru…


Copper’s bull run, part 2

This following is the concluding part of a talk on the copper market, delivered at the recent convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto. Part one appeared in our…


Activity down in US markets

U.S. stock markets climbed marginally higher during the April 5-11 period. The S&P 500 index rose 5.09 points to close at 1,181.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.42 points to finish…


Phelps honours safe operations

Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has given its “million zero hours award” to four operations in recognition for having operated 1 million consecutive employee hours or more without a serious inj…




Trucks unload copper ore into a crusher at the Cerro Verde mine in Peru.

Reward outweighs risk in Peru’s mining sector

Vancouver — Peru’s mineral potential is as attractive as ever, but newly imposed royalties and recent mine-site protests have created an undercurrent of political risk that appears to be softening th…


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