Centerra Gold inches toward an investment agreement in Mongolia
Centerra Gold (CG-T) has officially registered its Gatsuurt ore reserves with Mongolia’s National Registry of Miner…
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European Minerals pours its first gold in Kazakhstan
Almost 72 years after a female Russian geologist travelling in a small boat along the Ayat River first discovered g…
Amanta acquires third Thai tungsten mine (December 27, 2007)
Amanta Resources (AMH-V) says a rock sampling program is already underway on its newly-acquired tungsten property i…
Earnings: Excellon, Sulliden
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 25, 2007)
China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many wo…
Commentary: US Senate report debunks ‘climate consensus’
The following is the introduction to a newly published report by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Commi…
TNM’s 2007 mining persons of the year: Agnico-Eagle’s Boyd and Scherkus
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle M…
First Quantum ups interest in Equinox to 17%
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is quietly buying up shares of fellow copper miner Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) for “investment purposes,” it says.
LME Warehouse Levels (December 24, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 10, 2007 (change from Dec. 3 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (December 24, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices (December 24, 2007)
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Goldcorp building Penasquito bigger, sooner
Vancouver — Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is expanding the Penasquito mine in Mexico before it’s even built, announcing a plan to increase mill throughput by 30% and accelerate the project development schedul…