Rio Tinto plc


Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg

Vancouver — A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s Pa…


BY ROB ROBERTSONWorkers move core at the Corani silver-lead-zinc project in southern Peru where Bear Creek Mining is earning a 70% interest from London-based Rio Tinto by by making a series of escalating payments totalling US$5.4 million over three years.

Delivering at Corani

With 89 holes representing over 14,000 metres of drilling completed on the Corani silver discovery in Peru and a resource estimate due out in early March, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BC…



Gallery applauds Iamgold offer

Shareholders of Aussie gold producer Gallery Gold (GLYGF-O, GGN-A) have approved a $267-million takeover bid by Iam…




Miners bounce back in quiet market

U.S. stock markets rose fractionally in the trading period Feb. 14-20, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rising 11.71 points to 1,287.24. The broader trend concealed a generally strong showing…






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