Red Dog Operations

Vancouver — Cominco (CLT-T) intends to apply its new hydrometallurgical technology to the Mesaba copper-nickel deposit in northern Minnesota. The company acquired the rights to the large, undeveloped…

Vancouver — It seemed an odd pairing in 1986 when lean, entrepreneurial Teck (TEK-T) bought its initial stake in top-heavy, debt-ridden Cominco (CLT-T).Not anymore.Having shared management and corpor…

By purchasing almost 5.2 million shares of Cominco (CLT-T) at a cost of $127 million in 2000, Teck (TEK-T) increased its ownership of the company to 50.1% and took steps to consolidate it as a subsidi…

Mining Millennium 2000 was every bit the grand convention and trade show that its organizers — the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallur…

The improvement in copper prices over recent months could be a harbinger of things to come in the base metals sector. Nickel prices are fast approaching US$5 per lb. and even zinc has made a modest co…

While most coveted gold, a handful of the companies that scoured Alaska’s countryside this past season were focused on base metals. Topping the list was Cominco (CLT-V), owner and operator of the Red …

At first glance, it appears to be a turnaround story in the making. All the ingredients are there — developed deposits, a modern mine and mill, a tailings disposal facility, roads, rail and a deep-wa…

The San Cristobal property in southwestern Bolivia will be one of the world’s largest and lowest-cost producers of silver and zinc, according to a recent feasibility study.The results of the study, co…

Drilling by Cominco (CLT-T) has revealed high-grade, zinc-lead mineralization 6 miles north of the company’s Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska.The results point to a flat-lying zone that is still op…

Resolving technical glitches and achieving full production should mean “sharply higher earnings and cash flows” in coming years for zinc producer Cominco (CLT-T), according to a research report by Fir…

In 1998, an estimated $236 million was budgeted for worldwide zinc exploration, a 13% decline from the year before. Although exploration budgets are being cut significantly again this year, the relati…

As the latest operating figures show, the Red Dog zinc-lead-silver mine in northwestern Alaska continues to add considerable value to Cominco’s (CLT-T) bottom line.Between the recent first quarter and…