When it rains it pours in Pine Valley
The list of problems for junior coal-producer Pine Valley Mining (PVM-T, PVMCF-O) is long: a washplant with poor recoveries; a pit with more oxidized coal than expected; and a loan agreement that coul…
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Editorial: McEwen’s right, but does anyone still care?
While Rob McEwen and Ian Telfer are two of mining’s most successful CEOs, you couldn’t get more pronounced differences in personality and style, with McEwen, the obsessive maverick, embodying the clas…
Strike averted at Teck’s Highland Valley
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Local 7619 of the United Steelworkers of America have averted a strike at the Highland Valley copper mine, 60 km southwest of Kamloops, B.C., with worker…
Inco saves best for last
Tabling its final quarterly report before its takeover by Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N), Inco (N-T, N…
Zinc recycling in the North (October 20, 2006)
Doubtless helped by the price of zinc, two former Arctic zinc producers, both operated by Cominco, are getting …
Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 17, 2006)
Geological modelling of the Star kimberlite near Fort la Corne, Sask., has put the size of the body at 276 millio…
Anglo Coal consolidating in B.C.
Coal properties in north-eastern B.C. saw some consolidation as Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) NEMI Northern Energy…
NAP performance improves
Production performance from the problem-plagued palladium producer Lac des les improved for the third successi…
Exall, Southern Star to combine (October 16, 2006)
Exall Resources (EXL-T, EXALF-O) and Southern Star Resources (SSR-T, SNSRF-O) have announced plans to merge, a deal that would bring the Gold Eagle project in Red Lake, Ont., under one corporate roof….
lonore estimate expected in 2007
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) did the US$425-million deal to acquire the lonore gold project from Virginia Gold Mines in March, there was no reserve or resource estimate for the project and a lot of spe…
CanAlaska, Mitsubishi partner in Saskatchewan
Vancouver — CanAlaska Uranium (CVV-V, CVVLF-O) has landed Mitsubishi Development as an exploration partner on its West McArthur uranium project in the southeastern portion of northern Saskatchewan’s…
Khan gets its way in out-of-court settlement
Khan Resources (KRI-T) scored a legal victory as it came to terms with former business partner Wallace Mays just be…