Editorial: Credit Crunch Cramps Miners’ Style
Mining companies and investors spent much of the week ended Aug. 25, the 35th trading week of 2007, licking their wounds and laying low after the previous week’s bloodletting on the world markets, whi…
Teck Resources Limited
Teck Cominco and the Big Payout
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — Executives of Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) virtually sat on the doorstep of Rudi Gomez’s suburban residence in Adelaide to ensure a deal would be struck with this eng…
Sherwood marches Minto ahead
SITE VISIT Whitehorse, Yukon — It’s the first significant mine to start producing in the Yukon in 10 years. No wonder people here are excited about Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V) Minto…
Duluth Complex projects build up resources
The extensive drilling programs in the Duluth Complex of northeastern Minnesota are now paying off, with two of the major players in the camp outlining significant new resources on their properties.
Indicator Minerals scours Arctic for diamonds
When Bruce Counts, president and CEO of Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O), studied geology in university, his professors glossed over diamond exploration.
Earnings: Alcan, Fording, Inmet, Teck Cominco
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Nautilus gets sinking feeling
Vancouver — Shares of aspiring seafloor miner Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O, NUS-L) slipped to a several-month low recently following news that a works contract with its tentative development par…
New resource tally at Getty South (July 30, 2007)
Vancouver — Recently emerging from a prolonged round of litigation, Getty Copper (GTC-V, GTCDF-O) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Getty South project located near Logan Lake, in south…
New resource tally at Getty South (July 20, 2007)
Vancouver – Recently emerging from a prolonged round of litigation, Getty Copper (GTC-V, GTCDF-O) has tabled an upd…
Fort Hills trio to go with design plan
Vancouver — Partners in the Fort Hills oilsands project, located in northern Alberta’s Athabasca region and about 90 km north of Fort McMurray, are moving forward with initial design plans that will …
Editorial: Teck finesses another takeover
It was yet another period of intense merger and acquisition activity in the mining sector during the week ended July 7, the 27th trading week of 2007 and the beginning of the third quarter.
Corrected resource estimate boosts Copper Fox 14% (July 16, 2007)
Vancouver — After a faulty resource estimate prompted a 35% drop in share price and forced the company to halt trading for almost a month, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) is on the rise again with…