More silver in Bolivia for South American Silver
More results from South American Silver’s (SAC-T) Malku Khota project in Bolivia helped strengthen the company’s sh…
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Higher input costs will start to squeeze margins, Citigroup says
Despite rising costs, mining companies will still be able to deliver “sustainably higher” earnings before tax and d…
The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 9
Eric Sprott is firmly in the bullish camp. Sprott is CEO of Sprott Inc. (SII-T), chairman of Sprott Resource Corp. …
Odds ‘n’ sods: Making the best of a turndown
In the family room, cocktail hour was sliding into high gear. The telephone rang. My wife answered it and handed me the receiver. “It’s for you.”
PEOPLE (May 19, 2008)
Alcoa– Michael Schell appointed VP of business development and law; Klaus Kleinfield appointed president and CEO.
From Los Alamos to the rock face (May 19, 2008)
A new diamond technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has promising applications in drilling and cutting tools for the mining industry.
METALS COMMENTARY (May 19, 2008)
Amid capital market turbulence, the global metals sector has seen a rush of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and will continue to do so, according to a new report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (P…
Equinox poised to produce uranium by 2010 (May 19, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A positive feasibility study has given Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQMIF-O) the confidence it needed to add a uranium recovery facility to its production- ready Lumwana copper in Zambia.
Mustang moves on Maskwa feasibility
A prefeasibility study for Mustang Minerals’ (MUM-V, MSMGF-O) Maskwa open-pit nickel project, in Manitoba, proposes building a 2,750-tonne-per-day open-pit mine that would produce an average of 9.2 mi…
Gemcom taken out by private equity firms for $180M
VANCOUVER–In a commodity supercycle, it pays to remember that mining companies don’t go it alone. Without support and supplies from a whole range of companies, from equipment manufacturers to archite…
Galway looks to improve Victorio economics (May 19, 2008)
Galway Resources (GWY-V, GWYRF-O) is using the recommendations from a scoping study on its Victorio molybdenum-tungsten project, in New Mexico, to improve the economics of the project in a prefeasibil…
China investing big in Africa (May 19, 2008)
China continues in its race to secure mineral resources in Africa, with a plan to invest more than US$9 billion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).