Norilsk buys OMG’s nickel business
Cleveland-based OM Group (OMG-N) has decided to sell its nickel business for US$408 million to Russia’s Noril…
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Crew buys Nugget Pond for Nalunaq ore (October 30, 2006)
Crew Gold (CRU-T, CRUGF-O) has struck a deal to buy the dormant Nugget Pond gold mill in Newfoundland from New Isla…
Sargold still bullish on Sardinia
Sargold Resource (SRG-V) is increasing its stake on the Italian island of Sardinia by acquiring Gold Fields’ (GFI-N…
Hudson delivers more diamonds from Greenland
Vancouver – With another batch of diamonds from its Greenland drilling program, Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) h…
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 …
Shareholders approve EuroZinc/Lundin merger
Vancouver – Shareholders of Lundin Mining (LUN-T) and EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) voted in favor of a merger pr…
New zone at Black Angel
Recently finishing a summer exploration program at the Black Angel property in western Greenland, Angus & Ross (AGU-L) has confirmed downdip continuity of a long surface showing discovered in 2005…
EU okays Inco takeover
The European Commission’s competition regulator has cleared the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) US$18.4-billion …
Anatolia Recharges Treasury for Cpler
Vancouver — Anatolia Minerals Development (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) has lined up a $61.5-million financing to fund development of its pler gold project, located about 500 km east-southeast of Ankara in Turk…
Drilling results enhance potential of Agi Dagi
Vancouver – The Turkish subsidiary of Teck Cominco (TCK-T, TCK-N) has pulled the best gold intersection to date fr…
Asia Gold shares down on results from Bulgaria
Asia Gold’s (ASG-V) drill results from its Tashlaka Hill project in southeastern Bulgaria were delivered to the mar…
Anatolia recharges treasury for pler development
Vancouver – Anatolia Minerals Development (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) has lined up a $61.5-million financing to fund developme…