Editorial: Red light, green light
With the global commodities boom marching relentlessly forward, the week ended Dec. 8, the 49th week of 2007, was full of major announcements of mines going forward or else being stopped in their trac…
Europe
Cold winds blow in Romania for Gabriel
Gabriel Resources (GBU-T, GBRRF-O) is slashing jobs and ending its land acquisition program at Europe’s largest undeveloped gold project as it becomes clearer that the current government has little in…
Cold winds in Romania for Gabriel
The fallout from the Romanian government’s suspension of the environmental impact assessment for Gabriel Resources …
Gabriel scales back at Rosia Montana
The fallout from the Romanian government’s suspension of the environmental impact assessment for Gabriel Resources …
True North writes book on ruby valuation
Vancouver — For True North Gems (TGX-V, TNGMF-O), finding gemstones is the easy part. The real challenge is convincing investors in a hot commodity market that rubies and sapphires are a sound commer…
True North Gems writing the book on ruby valuation as Aappaluttoq shows strength
Vancouver – For True North Gems (TGX-V), finding gemstones is the easy part. The real challenge is convincing inves…
Aguablanca getting bigger for Lundin
Lundin Minings (LUN-T, LMC-N, LUMI-O) late summer acquisition of Rio Narcea and its Aguablanca project in southern…
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.
Suppliers News (November 05, 2007)
Caterpillar, Rio cut multi-year supply agreement
Colt picks up where the Romans left off
SITE VISIT Penedono, Portugal — On a windswept granite hillside dotted with scrub bushes near this historic town, you can still see marks left by the picks and chisels of…
Crew Gold’s Nalunaq Hits Production High
Crew Gold’s (CRU-T, CRUGF-O) Nalunaq gold mine, in Greenland, has reached a record average daily production rate of 510 tonnes, surpassing the 500-tonne target each day for the entire month of Septemb…
Lundin Maps Out Production Growth
Vancouver — Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) has ambitious growth plans for its Neves-Corvo copper-zinc mine in Portugal and at the Zinkgruvan zinc-lead-silver mine in Sweden.