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…
South America
Mirabela Nickel’s Santa Rita shines
When Mirabela Nickel’s (MNB-T, MBN-A) Santa Rita hard rock nickel deposit in Brazil starts producing 18,500 tonnes of nickel in concentrate a year beginning in mid-2009, it will be one of the world’s …
Peak Gold raises $110M
Vancouver — A $110-million financing will help Peak Gold (PIK-V, PIKGF-O) move ahead with continued exploration and efforts to increase production efficiencies at its Amapari and Peak mines, even tho…
Northern Peru heading to China
Vancouver — In a deal valued at $455 million, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) is being bought out by China Minmetals and Jiangxi Copper (JCC-L), majors willing to pay a premium to get their han…
Bema’s bosses return with B2Gold
Vancouver — The former management team from Bema Gold is back with a new company that has one of the biggest exploration budgets in the junior mining industry.
Relincho results propel Global Copper to new high (December 12, 2007)
Vancouver – A stream of good news from Global Copper’s (GLQ-V) Relincho project in Chile has boosted the junior’s s…
Sudden gold for Explorator
Gold grades reaching into the double and triple digits at the El Espino-Venus copper-gold project in Chile have pro…
Andean drills high-grade ore shoot at Cerro Negro
Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) has found its Cerro Negro gold project in southern Argentina contains more than mee…
Largo reports findings of scoping study for Maracas Vanadium-PGM
With the red-hot steel market in Asia showing no signs of cooling, demand for rare and strategic metals like vanadi…
CVRD changes name to Vale
Say goodbye to the abbreviation CVRD. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the Brazilian mining giant, has changed its name to Vale (RIO-N).
Century kicks off hostile bid for Sulliden (December 10, 2007)
Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has formally launched its hostile, all-share takeover bid for Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O).
Mirabela Nickel shines
When Mirabela Nickel’s (MNB-T, MBN-A) Santa Rita hard-rock nickel deposit in Brazil starts producing 18,500 tonnes …