Cameco and Mitsubishi buy Kintyre project from Rio Tinto
Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is teaming up with a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation to buy Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) K…
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Iron ore market to stay firm in 2009: forecasts
The Iron Ore Trust Fund of Geneva-based UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has published i…
Red Chris back on front burner
The week ended June 21, the 25th trading week of 2008, was highlighted by a court victory that is broadly encouraging for all juniors actively developing mines in Canada.
Desert drilling returns strong iron grades for Anaconda
VANCOUVER — Promising drill results and an available drill rig prompted Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-O) to tack on an extra 4,200 metres to the drill program at its San Gabriel project in Chile, and…
Rio Tinto to invest in BRC DiamondCore’s DRC exploration projects
Global mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) currently produces about 16% of the world’s diamonds by volume and 8% by value with its Argyle mine in Australia, Diavik mine in Canada and Murowa mine in …
Marifil soars on potash play in Argentina
Potash has become the flavor of the month, if not the year, and juniors the world over are scrambling to get a piec…
Rio Tinto to invest in BRC DiamondCore’s DRC projects
Global mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) produces about 16% of the world’s diamonds by volume and 8% by value w…
Human geology 101
A smouldering controversy over the resettlement of villagers in South Africa to make way for the expansion of an Anglo Platinum (AMS-J, AGPPF-O) mine underscores the importance of getting relocation e…
Relocations aren’t easy, so get them right the first time around
A smouldering controversy over the resettlement of villagers in South Africa to make way for the expansion of an An…
Amarillo jumps on Brazilian drilling (May 26, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Amarillo Gold (AGC-V, AGCBF-O) shot up 57% in one day’s trading after results from four stepout holes at its Lavras do Sul project in southern Brazil showed good gold mineralization over …
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…
The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 1
Since 2001, commodities have experienced a powerful bull market. No matter which commodity, they have all gone up i…