BC bans uranium and thorium exploration permits
Vancouver – The prospect of uranium mining in B.C. received a final blow as the provincial government moved to proh…
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Mexican Silver Mines to earn in to Iamgold’s La Arena
Vancouver – Less than two years into its corporate life Mexican Silver Mines (MSM-V) wants to get into production…
Huge loss for Uranium One
Uranium One (UUU-T) reported a net loss of US$258.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, amounting to a total lo…
Situation in Madagascar worsening
Madagascar is in a state of upheaval, and while foreign miners with operations there say they have thus far been un…
Raising $5.3M Helio CEO details Tanzanian drill program
Vancouver – A cashing-up Helio Resource (HRC-V, HELOF-O) is tentatively planning a 20,000 metre drill program at it…
Tanzanian Royalty and Songshan Mining sign option agreement
In a deal that brings together two of his interests — Africa and the emerging economies of Asia, and in particular…
Coeur d’Alene poised to open Mexican mine
It was less than a year ago that Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-n, CXC-a) opened its massive San Bartolome silver …
Vedanta Buying Asarco For Us$1.7B
VANCOUVER — Beleaguered U. S. copper giant Asarco has agreed to Vedanta Resources’ (VDNRF-O, VED-L) revised US$1.7-billion offer for its assets following the breakdown of a previously announced US$2….
Vale Inco, Alcoa And U.S. Steel Cutting Back
Responding to the ongoing slowdown in the nickel market, Vale Inco, the nickel division of Vale (RIO-N), has announced 900 job cuts worldwide. Most of the affected jobs are in the corporate, managemen…
Border Coal Beds Start To Develop For Goldsource
VANCOUVER — A steady stream of coal intercepts is helping Goldsource Mines’ (GXS-V, GXSFF-O) share price regain some ground, though it remains far below the dizzying heights it reached last summer.
U. S. Markets – March 3-9
In a CNBC television interview on March 9, Warren Buffet said the U. S. economy had “fallen off a cliff” and argued Washington needed to wage an “economic war” to fix it and restore confidence in the …
Oyu Tolgoi Agreement Makes Headway In Mongolia
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-Q) says that Mongolia’s cabinet has completed its second review of the draft investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi project and has said it will present the draft to…