Peabody Excel-erates its coal business
St. Louis, Mo.-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal producer Excel Coal (EXOAF-O, EXL-A) for about US$1.5 billion….
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Paladin looks to take over fellow Australian Uranium miner
Australian-based Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) is looking to bolster its position at home as it has announced a …
SXR thirsts for Wyoming Sweetwater
Ambitious uranium developer SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) is looking to cash in on the uranium hungry U.S. marke…
New Guinea gears up for gold production
Vancouver — The Sinivit project is a beehive of earth-moving and construction activity now that heavy rains have eased in East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea, allowing New Guinea Gold (NGG-V,…
Mega Uranium expands downunder
Vancouver – Looking to live up to its name, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) has placed Aussie-listed company Redport …
Peabody buying Excel Coal
St. Louis-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal produce…
Areva takes gold assets public
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources (LMA-V, LACHF-O) that will move its gold assets into a Canadian-listed public company…
SXR Uranium One’s Dominion grows (July 03, 2006)
Higher uranium and gold prices and more than 30,000 metres worth of drilling have allowed SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) to substantially boost resources at its already large Dominion uranium projec…
Brilliant cuts wide high-grade at Lanfranchi nickel
Vancouver – Definition drilling on the Winner orebody at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi joint venture in Wes…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 26, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet and Canada’s Falconbridge over the ownership of the latter’s Koniambo project was settled once and for all in French courts in December, think ag…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 21, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet (ERA-P) and Canada’s Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) over the ow…
Areva takes gold assets public in RTO
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources …