Kinross Invests In Ailing Harry Winston
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is raising some eyebrows with a surprise move into the diamond business, starting with a US$150-million offer for stakes in diamond miner and retailer Harry Winston Diamond (…
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Teck Ordered To Pay US Natives $1M For Trail Smelter Pollution
VANCOUVER– After exhausting its appeal options, Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) has been ordered to pay more than US$1 million to an American Indian tribe to reimburse legal expenses it incurred trying to for…
When Harry Met Tye
Kinross Gold served up the biggest surprise of the eleventh trading week of the year, with its first-ever foray into the diamond business in the form of a US$150-million investment in Harry Winston an…
Blue Note tries to rebuild by going to the ground
The latest results from Blue Note Mining’s drill program at its Armstrong properties in New Brunswick shows some pr…
Freegold doubles extent of high grade gold target
Vancouver – With the final drill-hole results of 2008 in from the Nucleus zone Northern Freegold Resources (NF…
Noranda Income Fund cuts jobs, production
A drop in zinc and sulphuric acid demand has forced the Noranda Income Fund (NIF-UN -T) to cut 45 jobs a…
Bear Lake Gold reports deep intercepts at Larder Lake
New drill results from the Larder Lake project in northeastern Ontario suggest a strong gold mineralized system is …
Goldeye hopes to hook the big fish with Tyrrell Creek
Blaine Webster, CEO of Goldeye Explorations (GGY-V), believes his company’s Tyrrell Twp. gold property, 90 km south…
The future of carbon in the mining industry
While many in the mining industry still have serious doubts about climate change and man’s part in it, it isn’t s…
Century Mining chooses US$65 million debt financing option
After looking at several financing alternatives to get its Lamaque gold mine in Quebec back into production, Centur…
Update: Entire HudBay board replaced before proxy vote
Vancouver — The battle for control of HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) got uglier in the week leading up to the …
Quebec promises northern highway improvements
Mining and exploration companies are boasting about the $698million the Quebec government has set aside in its rece…