Copper Mountain gets the go ahead
Vancouver – Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) is not letting global financial turmoil or a falling copper price get in…
2008
Vale slashes iron ore production, trims nickel too
Saying that it is “adjusting to the new global economic scenario,” Vale (RIO-N) is dramatically scaling back its ir…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 2)
Nick Carter, vice-president at Roswell, Ga.-based uranium consultancy Ux Consulting says that the recent steep drop…
Citigroup turns bearish across the board (October 31, 2008)
Vancouver – In a new commodity outlook Citigroup Global Markets predicts all base metal markets moving to surplus i…
Creston updates moly resource
Vancouver With eyes on declining production of molybdenum from traditional sources such as low-grade copper mines…
U3O8 Corp. to focus on Aricheng South
Uranium drill results from U3O8 Corp.’s (UWE-V) Aricheng South zone in Guyana have confirmed the continuity of mine…
Big initial resource for Sinchao
Vancouver – After two years of drilling Sinchao Metals (SMZ-V) has delineated a sizeable initial resource at its na…
Raitt replaces Lunn as Canada’s Natural Resources minister
On the back of his Conservative Party’s Oct. 14 electoral win, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled …
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 1)
“A roller coaster ride” would be one way to describe the uranium spot price in recent years, rising to US$136 per l…
Nevsun arranges US$89M debt for Bisha (October 30, 2008)
Vancouver The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) must have liked what it saw at Nevsun Reso…
Early winter hits Teck’s Red Dog (October 30, 2008)
Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) says that “adverse weather conditions” have forced it to send off its final container ship ea…
International Tower Hill doubles Livengood resource (October 29, 2008)
Vancouver – The Money Knob deposit is starting to live up to its name for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V)….