Hecla Restructures Debt, Raises US$65.6M
Hecla Mining (HL-N) is juggling debt and issuing shares to help repay a loan it took to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) at their co-owned Greens Creek silver mine, near Juneau in…
2009
Forsys Grows Valencia
Forsys Metals (FSY-T, FOSYF-O) continues to grow the Valencia uranium deposit in Namibia, even though the project will not likely be under its control for much longer.
Tanzanian Royalty Strikes Deal With Kazakh Africa
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp.’ s (TNX-T, TRE-X) shares climbed 5% to $4.39 per share following news it had signed an agreement with Kazakh Africa Mining involving its diamond licences in the Mwa…
‘Porkulus’ To Stoke Inflation
The financial world during the fifth trading week of the year was dominated by the haggling in Washington, D. C., over the size and content of the federal government’s unprecedentedly large stimulus b…
Andean Resources Cuts High-Grade Gold In Argentina
VANCOUVER — Deep stepout drilling on the Eureka West vein has expanded the size of zones showing bonanza-grade gold for Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) at its Cerro Negro property in the province of …
International Quotes (February 16, 2009)
Australia (A$) Feb 10 Feb 3 Change Bendigo Mining 0.17 0.18 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 3.59 3.72 -0.13 Lion Selection Ltd 0.66 0.67 -0.01 Newcrest Mining 32.00 30.00 2.00 …
Rio Tinto Sells More Assets To Pare US$37B Debt
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) continues to hack away at its immense debt load with sales to Vale (RIO-N) of its undeveloped potash assets in Argentina and Canada and an iron ore mine in Brazil for US$1.6 b…
People (February 16, 2009)
ATW Gold — Graham Harris appointed chairman; David Stone appointed COO.
Mesquite Mine Back In The Saddle
With one year of operations at the past-producing Mesquite gold mine under its belt, Western Goldfields (WGI-T, WGW-X) reports it churned out 110,410 oz. gold for 2008, just short of the 117,000 oz. g…
Exeter Cuts Lengthy Low-Grade Gold At Caspiche
Exeter Resource( XRC-V, XRA-X) has reported drilling results from its Caspiche gold-copper and Cerro Moro gold-silver projects, in South America.
World Crude Steel Production Falls 1.2%
World production of crude steel fell 1.2% between 2007 and 2008, with production weighing in at 1.33 billion metric tonnes last year, according to a report released by the World Steel Association.
Vale Builds Its Fleet — Spends US$171M On New Tugboats And Barges
Brazilian mining giant Vale (RIO-N) has signed a contract with three major Brazilian shipyards worth US$171.1 million, to build up the company’s fleet.