BHP set to build Jansen potash mine
Mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is set to become a major global player in potash, after recently announcing it could bring its huge Jansen potash project into production by 2015.
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Quaterra looks for another Penasquito in Mexico
Thomas Patton wants to find another Penasquitotype deposit in Mexico and the chief executive of Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QMM-X) thinks he’s got the team and the money to do it.
Xstrata to invest US$1.47B in new Peruvian mine
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-…
Tower Hill ups resources at Livengood
VANCOUVER — The Livengood project just got better for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-T, THM-X): a new resource estimate has increased both the tonnage and average grade of the Money Knob deposit…
Endeavour to take over Etruscan Resources
Shares of Etruscan Resources (EET-T) leapt 15.4% to 45¢ on news that Endeavour Financial (EDV-T) plans to acquire the remaining shares it doesn’t already own in the West Africa-focused junior, wi…
Mexican court denies appeal on Cerro San Pedro
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) has lost an appeal against a Mexican court ruling that cancelled a 2006 environmental impact study on its Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine in central Mexico, 20 km northeast of…
Prosperity showdown
Taseko Mines’ Prosperity project has started to sound more ironic by the day, after the proposed open-pit copper-gold mine in central B.C. was harshly criticized in a federal review panel’s environmen…
Early 2010 a ‘wild ride’: MRG report
— The following are the findings of the Mining Recruitment Group’s (MRG) latest Mining Executive Outlook survey, which was distributed and completed during the last week of June 2010. This survey is …
BBA, AMEC to build Detour Lake
Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has hired some heavy hitters to build infrastructure for its Detour Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario.
Sander Geophysics builds its fleet
Airborne geophysical surveyor Sander Geophysics has added a Twin Otter Survey Aircraft to its team, bringing its fleet to 16 aircrafts.
PEOPLE (July 19, 2010)
Aurcana — Robert Tweedy appointed a director.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -July 5-9
The TSX composite index showed signs of life again finishing 400 points higher for the July 5-9 period as it ended the week at 11,600 points. It was one of the strongest periods for the index this yea…