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Questioning business in China

The U.S. copper industry must compete with a business climate in China that is rife with smuggling, bribes and illegal subsidies, according to Smuggling, Bribes and Subsidies: The Copper Industry in China, a paper published by a trade group repres…


RBC hires Stymiest

Royal Bank of Canada (RY-T) has appointed Barbara Stymiest, former CEO of the TSX Group (X-T), as its new chief operating officer.


Nevada Pacific, Placer ink two Nevada deals

Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has signed two more deals with Placer Dome (PDG-T) on gold properties in northern Nevada, one in the Cortez area and the other in the Carlin trend.


FNX, Maple to drill Mt. Kakoulima

After spending much of the year in preparation, Sudbury’s third-largest nickel miner, FNX Mining (FNX-T), will soon launch a 5,000-metre drilling campaign at its Mt. Kakoulima nickel-sulphide project in Guinea, West Africa.



Blackstone, Falco hit high grade

Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V) and Sulfidmalm, a wholly owned unit of Falconbridge (FL-T), have drilled significant nickel on their Espedalen project in Norway.


Rock liner bursts on the scene

Falconbridge, 3M Canada and Sandvik Tamrock are developing a spray-on polymer liner to replace the awkward mesh wiring bolted into mine walls to prevent rock bursts.


Cornerstone, Falco team up in Labrador

Cornerstone Capital Resources (CGP-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) are teaming up to explore for nickel west of Inco‘s (N-T) Voisey’s Bay mine in Labrador.




Hats off to Placer Dome

Management of the Turquoise Ridge gold mine in Nevada is to be commended for implementing an underground compensation package that relies solely on hourly wages, with incentives tied to mine safety. Unlike most other underground mines in North Ame…



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