Strike at Rio Tinto’s Rossing uranium mine
Uranium production at Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) Rossing mine in Namibia, could take a hit, as workers there began …
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Strike averted at Teck’s Highland Valley
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Local 7619 of the United Steelworkers of America have averted a strike at the Highland Valley copper mine, 60 km southwest of Kamloops, B.C., with worker…
Rio Tinto coming to Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) wowed the market by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in …
Goldcorp sees the future in Penasquito
It turns out that the driving force behind the proposed merger between Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Glamis Gold (GLG-T, GLG-N) is the Penasquito project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, a low-grade, bulk-tonn…
Stornoway turns over Ashton board (October 11, 2006)
Robert Boyd will stay on as interim chief executive officer at Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O), but now th…
Norsemont releases resource estimate for Constancia
Vancouver – An independent resource estimate has been prepared for Norsemont Mining’s (NOM-V, NOMFF-O) Constancia …
Stornoway to Take Up Ashton, Contact Shares
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has taken up the shares tendered under its bids for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) and Contact Diamond (CO-T, CONPF-O), but Ashton management still opposes…
Teck Cominco sees strike loom at Highland Valley
Vancouver – The clock is ticking down as Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) looks at impending strike action at its 97.5…
Baffinland aims to revive mining in Canada’s Far North
Developing a mine with an estimated capital cost of $1.5 billion is a daunting proposition for any junior company, particularly if the project is situated in a remote Arctic region with challenging lo…
Promising results from Tli Kwi Cho
Despite falling well short of recovering 3,000 tonnes of bulk sample from the DO-27 kimberlite pipe this past year, Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) is encouraged by the results from the 548 dry tonnes it d…
Bringing Chile’s copper unions into the modern age
Santiago, Chile — The union representing 2,052 workers at the Escondida copper mine in Chile’s Region II signed a new collective contract on Sept. 1, bringing an end to a 25-day strike and giving wor…
Stornoway to take up Ashton, Contact shares
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has taken up the shares tendered under its bids for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA…