Vale closes furnace at Copper Cliff smelter
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
Vale Inco - Copper Cliff Complex
Nevada Star kicks off geophysics at Man property
Vancouver –Nevada Star Resource (NEV-V) has started a ground geophysical survey on its 100% owned Dunite Hill project in Alaska.The MAN project is situated in east-central Alaska, south of Fairbanks …
Strikes take their toll on Canadian miners
A flurry of strikes around the world created havoc in the mining industry for the 1-week period ended June 10.Inco said a strike launched June 1 by 3,300 members of the United Steelworkers of America …
Partners test McCreedy’s PM zone (June 16, 2003)
Underground drilling by partners FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) at the McCreedy West mine in Sudbury, Ont., continues to return high-grade values of copper, platinum, palladium and gold.The lat…
LionOre, Dalrymple plan Aussie nuptials (June 09, 2003)
The directors of Australian junior Dalrymple Resources have agreed to an all-stock merger deal with joint-venture partner LionOre Mining International (LIM-T).Under the deal, Dalrymple shareholders wo…
LionOre’s bottom line bolstered
Vancouver — A stellar performance by the Australian operations LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) catapulted the nickel and gold miner to a profitable first quarter.The company earned US$9.1 millio…