EU digs into major miner merger
Regulators in the European Union have decided to take a closer look at the proposed merger between Canadian metal h…
United States
Inco eyes summer wedding
Inco (N-T, N-N) has for a third time extended its friendly takeover bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N), this ti…
Polymet testing works
Pilot-plant tests of the metallurgical design for the NorthMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota have met…
Ogee returns more high-grade
Underground drilling by Atna Resources (ATN-T) continues to yield high-grade gold values from the Ogee zone at the …
Mid-tier-merger proposal bites the dust
Vancouver Romarco Minerals (R-V) and Western Goldfields (WGDF-O) have called off their proposed merger, which was…
Editorial: All OK at K2
January opened with a dozen miners’ deaths stemming from a too-little, too-late response to an explosion at the Sag…
Phelps Dodge flashes green light for new Arizona mine
Vancouver The board of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has given conditional approval to develop a new mine in Arizona, at es…
Gateway Gold produces long awaited resource estimate
Vancouver – Gateway Gold (GTQ-T, GWYGF-O) has delivered an initial resource estimate on its Big Springs project loc…
Northern Dynasty gets Pebble East resource
Vancouver – Initial resource estimates on the deeper, eastern section of Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (NDM-V, NAK-X) …
Romarco drills Nevada gold-silver property
Vancouver – A past-producing gold property in Nevada’s Walker Lane mineral belt will be tested by a first-phase dr…
Queenstake sees improvements at Jerritt Canyon
Vancouver – A redevelopment plan launched by Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) last summer appears to be improvi…
BHP drills Dragoon copper project
Vancouver – A drill program by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is testing a buried copper system at the Dragoon property opti…