Downside protection trims upside for Phelps Dodge
Vancouver — Taking the position that copper prices are currently in “uncharted territory,” Phelps Dodge (PD-N) defended a previous decision to put in place copper collars and put options that shaved…
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LME Warehouse Levels (May 15, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 8, 2006 (change from May 1 in brackets):…
Goldman Sachs boosts stake in Frontera Copper
Vancouver — Goldman Sachs Group has issued another “early warning” report related to its increased ownership of Frontera Copper (FCC-T, FRCPF-O), an emerging copper producer developing the Piedras Ve…
‘Eskay-type’ target at BQ
Encouraging results from a limited drill program have prompted Endurance Gold (EDG-V) to stake an additional 20 claims totalling more than 80 sq. km surrounding its BQ polymetallic project situated 25…
Bema sees losses up despite higher gold output
Vancouver – Record quarterly revenues and gold production was not enough to quell the red ink for Bema Gold (BGO-T,…
HudBay’s earnings soar
Significantly higher prices for its bread-and-butter metals saw HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) more than octuple …
Agnico-Eagle’s Q1 and LaRonde II
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) continues to build on its impressive assets by confirming it will go ahead with i…
Teck pinches Falco COO
Having already crashed the wedding party, Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) has now poached Falconbridge’s (FAL.LV…
Major financings continue to roll (May 11, 2006)
Vancouver – Abundant cash remains available to mineral explorers and developers in this resiliently strong resource…
Great Basin advances Burnstone
Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) plans to immediately get the permitting ball rolling after a recently completed fea…
Kansanshi hits the sweet spot
Production from the Kansanshi copper mine in the North-Western Province of Zambia has come along just in time for F…
AfriOre tallies Akanani
AfriOre (AFO-T) has tabled an initial inferred resource estimate for its Akanani platinum project, 25 km north of M…