Canada


‘Business as usual’ at Ekati

Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., appears to be holding up just fine….


The Elkview coal mine loadout facility in the Elk Valley area of southeastern British Columbia, 15 km from Sparwood. Teck Cominco owns a 39% interest in Elkview through the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, which settled most of its 2006 coal contracts at an average price of US$107 per tonne, versus US$122 in 2005.TECK COMINCO

Teck posts record profits

Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) posted net earnings of $448 million, or $2.19 per share, for the first quarter of 2006, more than double the net income of $205 million, or $1.01 per sh…






Eloro cuts zinc at Hurdman (May 01, 2006)

A drilling program by Eloro Resources (ELO-V, ELRRF-O) at the Hurdman property, 25 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., has intersected zinc-silver mineralization along the strike extension of known m…


Cumberland makes steady gains at Meadowbank

Vancouver — When it comes to developing new mines in Canada’s North, the race is almost never to the swift, but rather to the steady. Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) appears to be making steady p…



Miramar grows Hope Bay resource (May 01, 2006)

Vancouver — A significant resource increase at its Hope Bay gold project, in Nunavut, has Miramar Mining (MAE-T, MNG-X) pumped up about possible expanded development of the deposits….


Conquest cuts gold at King Bay (May 01, 2006)

A 3-hole winter drilling program by Conquest Resources (CQR-V, CQRL-O), at the King’s Bay property in the Sturgeon Lake area of northwestern Ontario, has intersected stockwork gold mineralization….


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