Santiago, Chile – Last October’s miraculous rescue of 33 trapped miners at San Jose has catapulted Chile’s Mines Minister Laurence Golborne to the forefront of national politics, even to the point that some are talking of him as a possible…
When Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) acquired a 450-sq.-km licence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in February 2009, it fielded three requests from majors to joint-venture the property even before any samples were taken.
The 23rd anniversary of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel in mid-January, fittingly kicked off with a tribute to the spectacular rescue late last year of 33 miners trapped deep in a copper-gold mine in…
When Miguel Cardozo, Paul Pearson and Augusto Baerti got together to form Alturas Minerals (ALT-V) their collective vision was to enhance Peru’s mining reputation with some big finds.
Nearly two months after Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) announced it would start building the Bracemac-McLeod deposit…
Vancouver – Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) is looking to take full control of Noranda Income Fund (NIF.UN-T) af…
No longer satisfied with just being the world’s number one iron ore producer, Vale (VALE-N) is looking to incr…
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) goal of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% before the end of 2014, the Switzerland-based mining giant has given its copper division the go-…
Vancouver – Donner Metals (DON-V) received a big stock price boost after Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) announc…
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) target of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% befo…
Meadowbank, Nunavut — Once all the speakers were finished talking at Agnico-Eagle Mine’s (aem-t, aem-n) Meado…
The backlash against Australia’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) is starting to draw blood with Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) decision to suspend US$495.2-million worth of investments in its W…
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