The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 2
Another bullish view is expressed in a report entitled “Preparing for China’s urban billion” published by McKinsey …
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The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 1
Since 2001, commodities have experienced a powerful bull market. No matter which commodity, they have all gone up i…
Chinese, Griffin battle over Yukon Zinc
VANCOUVER — Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) has meticulously advanced the silver-rich polymetallic Wolverine project in the Yukon for most of a decade without so much as a whiff of a takeover. Now, with the fully…
Southern Arc pulls long interval in Indonesia
VANCOUVER — Some investors seem to be regaining confidence in Indonesia: a long copper-gold porphyry intercept from Southern Arc Minerals’s (SA-V, SOACF-O) Selodong intrusive complex (SIC) prospect i…
China builds US$140m uranium mine in Niger
In a sign of China’s growing interest in securing metal supplies in Africa, two state-owned Chinese companies have …
Investor group takes 30% stake in Lake Giles iron ore project
Australian junior Macarthur Minerals (MMS-V) is capitalizing on Asian steel companies seeking to set up long-term…
Private Thai group to buy Pan African Mining (April 28, 2008)
Hungry for new coal properties outside Southeast Asia, Asia Thai Mining is buying Pan African Mining( PAF-V, PAFRF-O)at an 84.3% premium over the Vancouverbased junior’s 20-day average trading price.
Full-page ad in Wall Street Journal urges Mongolia to stop “shaking down” private companies
The Center for Individual Freedom has published a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal demanding that U.S. Presi…
Japan teams with Aussie junior in Cambodia (April 21, 2008)
A Japanese government-run company has agreed to spend US$4.5 million over three years on two of Southern Gold’s (SUTHF-O, SAU-A) Cambodian exploration projects.
Ivanhoe sells Jinshan stake
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n) is selling its controlling 42% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-o) to a Chinese gold-mining conglomerate, giving Jinshan powerful new owners with deep pockets and…
Uranium not so hot with Labrador Inuit
The week ended April 12, the 15th trading week of 2008, was punctuated by a setback for uranium explorers in Canada, as the Labrador Inuit government banned uranium mining for three years on the Labra…
GobiMin posts 2007 results; dividends up 150%
It was a big year in China for Gobi- Min (GMN-V). The Canadian junior’s two operating nickel sulphide mines in northwestern Xinjiang province, which borders Tibet, drove revenues up nearly 100%.