First Point, Cliffs rev up Decar nickel-iron project in BC
For a base metals junior, First Point Minerals (FPX-V) looks to have it all.
Volume 97 Number 33 Oct 3 - 9, 2011
Business is a fun game to play for Bruce Walter
Roots in The Salvation Army run four generations deep for mining entrepreneur and dealmaker Bruce Walter, the chairman of Toronto-based WW Mines.
Outlook brightens for American Vanadium’s Gibellini
American Vanadium (AVC-V) has significantly improved the economics of its Gibellini vanadium project in Nevada, thanks in small part to an improved outlook for vanadium oxide prices.
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Tuesday, Sept 27, 2011
Rumours about Oyu Tolgoi rattle Ivanhoe
Dale Choi, an analyst at Frontier Securities in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is recommending to clients that they buy long-term call options on Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) due to the “panic” surrounding rumours of possible revisions to the Oyu…
Commentary: Resource development and Indigenous peoples: Finding the path to co-operation
The following is the edited text of a speech given by the Assembly of First Nations’ National Chief Shawn Atleo in early September, at a joint luncheon in Toronto between the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For…
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept 26, 2011 (change from Sept 19 in brackets):
Editorial: Expect more M&A in gold
In a presentation at this year’s Denver Gold Forum, Minefinders president and CEO Mark Bailey summed up the spirit of this year’s event – a place where the lobbying and meetings continue non-stop over three days from 7 a.m. over a continental…
Australia’s mining elite
As strong demand from China spurs development of Australia’s vast mineral resources amid record-high commodity prices, a new swath of mining executives have come to dominate Australia’s mega-rich. Australia now has 20 billionaires, says…
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$15,575.00/t