Vale to spend $2B to cut sulphur dioxide emissions in Sudbury
Vale (VALE-N) has approved a $2-billion plan to reduce by 70% the sulphur dioxide emissions from its smelter in Sudbury, Ont.
Volume 98 Number 4 Mar 12 - 18, 2012
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,950.00/t
Daily metal prices
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Trelawney slides on Ct Lake’s resource update
Trelawney Mining and Exploration’s (TRR-V) share price continued to sag following a Feb. 24 resource update at its Côté Lake gold deposit on the Chester property, 20 km southwest of the town of Gogama, Ont.
Positive drill results lift Argentum
Argentum Silver (ASL-V) got a boost after releasing assays for the first four holes into the El Tajo vein on the Coyote silver-gold project in Mexico’s Jalisco State.
Nevada Copper steadily advancing Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada has long excited explorers with its gold potential, but Nevada Copper (NCU-T) continues to prove the state’s potential for the red metal, too.
1B lbs. copper estimated at Woodjam
B.C. has another member of the billion-pound copper club following an initial resource estimate on Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) and Consolidated Woodjam Copper’s (WCC-V) joint-venture property.
Karchiga feasibility lifts Orsu Metals
A definitive feasibility study on the Karchiga volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit in northeastern Kazakhstan demonstrates that the project can be developed as a high-grade, medium-cost open-pit copper mine with a rapid payback period,…