Canadian uranium companies seek partners on Asia tour
Six of eight companies that have signed up to participate in a mineral investment seminar this month in Beijing…
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Tumultuous ride for Uranium One (April 02, 2008)
Investors in Uranium One (UUU-T) weren’t too happy to hear that the company posted a net loss of US$17.6 million …
Palladon sells run-of-mine ore to China
Why wait to build an iron ore processing plant when you can make a handsome profit shipping run-of-mine ore to th…
SouthGobi gets green light to start Mongolian coal mine
The government of Mongolia has given the final go-ahead to SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V) to start mining at …
China’s Tibet policies back on the front burner
The holiday-shortened week ended March 22, the twelfth trading week of 2008, was a time for most market participants to catch their collective breath after the tumultuous gyrations in the world’s stoc…
Silvercorp hatches US$50M plan
Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) has big expansion plans for its Ying silver-lead-zinc mining camp in Henan province, China, that would see the company mine 700,000 tonnes of ore per year by 2010.
Japan teams with Aussie junior in Cambodia (March 28, 2008)
A Japanese government-run company has agreed to spend US$4.5 million over three years on two of Southern Gold’s (SA…
Sparton reports uranium recoveries from coal ash in China
Tests of simple acid extraction solutions on coal ash samples in China have shown that between 70% and 80% of the…
Minco Gold releases resource for Changkeng
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth-largest city of 13 million people, across the border from Hong Kong — and you’ll come across the Changkeng gold project, where Minco Go…
Gold tops US$1,000 per oz.
The week ended March 15, the eleventh trading week of 2008, was capped by a powerful rally in gold prices stemming from the political and market tumult rippling out from world’s financial centre in Lo…
Chinese group to buy slice of N. A. Tungsten
VANCOUVER — A major mining company from the Far East is taking a bite of the Western World’s largest tungsten producer, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O), in a financing and strategic alliance…
Silvercorp’s US$50M plan
Silvercorp (SVM-T) has big expansion plans for its Ying silver-lead-zinc mining camp in Henan province, China, that…