Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has finally found a deal it likes — a friendly merger offer from Goldcorp (G-T) for a 1-for-4 share swap.

After weeks of legal challenges and verbal sniping, shareholders of Gold Fields (GFI-N) have finally had their say, narrowly rejecting their company’s plan to merge its international assets with those of Iamgold

Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) plans to close three European facilities as part of a restructuring plan associated with its assimilation of French rival Pechiney, which it acquired in 2003.

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) says Stillwater Mining‘s (SWC-N) namesake mine is the “most improved” in the Rocky Mountain District.

The Thai government has assured Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) of priority over most of the land held under its special prospecting licences for the Udon North potash deposit.

Armed with a recently completed feasibility study, Yamana Gold (YRI-T) has begun construction at its Sao Francisco gold project, close to the Bolivian border in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Vancouver — BcMetals (C-T) is encouraged by the results of an independent feasibility study of the Red Chris project in northwestern British Columbia.

Linear Gold Mexico, a unit of Linear Gold (LRR-T), has intersected significant copper, silver and molybdenum at its Cobre Grande project, 60 km southeast of Oaxaca.

Brazilian metal producer Votorantim Metais will take over the Cajamarquilla zinc refinery in Peru following a deal with operator Teck Cominco (TEK-T) and minority owner Marubeni.

The report period Dec. 1-7 saw the price of gold fall US$1.60 to close at US$451.80 per oz. in the afternoon in London. All mining-related indices lost ground. The gold index fell 13.2 points, or 5.9%, to close at 209.30, and the diversified metal…