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.
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Helio Extends Tanzanian Targets
VANCOUVER –With three rounds and two months worth of drilling results from its SMP gold property 100 km northwest of Mbeya, Tanzania, Helio Resource (HRC-V, HELOF-O) keeps growing its three main targ…
Pace pays off with rapid resource for Oroco
Vancouver – It took only $1.25 million and five months of drilling for Oroco Resource (OCO-V) to define a promisi…
Assay lab ‘Oops’: Northern Freegold intercept now bonanza grade gold
Vancouver – Northern Freegold (NFR-V) CEO Bill Harris and president Susan Craig suspected the assay result of a dri…
Victoria Gold and StrataGold propose merger
Nevada-focused Victoria Gold (VIT-V) has made a friendly offer for StrataGold (SGV-V), which has an advanced gold p…
Centamin to bring back gold in land of the Pharaohs
After a long hiatus Egypt is on the cusp of getting a new major gold mine.
Ivernia resumes lead shipments
Having established a safe shipping method, Ivernia (IVW-T), which owns the Magellan lead mine in Australia, is resu…
Quadra Mining buys Centenario Copper
Vancouver – Patience has paid off for Quadra Mining (QUA-T). The Vancouver-based company has been quietly stockpi…
Capstone upgrades Kutcho resource estimate
Vancouver – Every little bit of grade helps at current copper prices.
An old uranium frontier made new again
The number of Canadian miners poking the arid terrain of Niger is increasing, and the relative durability of the ur…
Rio Tinto enters strategic partnership with Chinalco
China’s largest aluminum producer will invest US$19.5 billion in Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) through joint ventures an…
Sweden mulls overturning ban on new nuclear power plants
Dependence on foreign energy and worries about climate change have ignited debate about overturning Sweden’s nearly…