Holding companies make $259-million offer for QGX
Coal and gold explorer QGX (QGX-T), one of the first western companies to get an exploration permit in Mongolia, ha…
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Silvercorp turning on China’s silver tap (August 20, 2008)
Record production brought in higher revenues for Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T), and the company maintained its status a…
GobiMin upgrades Yellow Mountain
Vancouver As it continues to sink shafts at its Yellow Mountain property about 100 km southeast of Hami city in n…
Spurred on in China (August 19, 2008)
Second quarter results showed Spur Ventures (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) to be well on its way to becoming a key fertilizer sup…
Red Hill to sample Ulaan Ovoo coal
Red Hill Energy (RH-V) is combining a bulk sample program with an open pit expansion program at its Ulaan Ovoo coal…
Chinese zirconium play lists on the TSX
Rock samples taken from several Apollo space missions suggest that zirconium is found in higher concentrations on t…
EDITORIAL: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
Despite political upheaval in the world, the broad decline in oil and mineral prices picked up steam during the week ended Aug. 9, the 32nd trading week of 2008, much to the detriment of resource comp…
Miners sidestep Olympic hurdles
Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing in order to ensure enough electricity for the Olympic Games.
Vedanta Resources in US$8.8 billion India expansion
Having received the go-ahead from India’s supreme court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant…
Pebble Creek Mining tables Askot resource estimate, applies for potash permits in India
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) has released a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship project, t…
“Friedland envy” haunts Diggers & Dealers
Perth, Western Australia — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing g…
Editorial: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
The geopolitical scene is being dominated by the hot war that erupted between Georgia and Russia last week, which h…