The timing of my first column in a new, intermittent series examining mining personalities and major discoveries is auspicious for several reasons. From the Ground Up, the authorized biography of Viol…
United Nations agencies, non-government organizations (NGOS) and environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) can’t be faulted for wanting to preserve rapidly disappearing wilderness. After all,…
Noranda (NOR-T) saw its earnings chopped 65% in the first quarter, largely as a result of labour problems in Sudbury, Ont., and slumping metal prices.The major posted a profit of $24 million (8 per s…
Low prices have forced most gold companies to focus on their bottom line rather than on top-line growth, and Placer Dome (PDG-T) is no exception. Although this strategy produced record revenue of US$1…
Despite an aggressive cost-cutting campaign, Grupo Mexico registered a loss of US$48.8 million (US7 per share) on…
Vancouver — De Beers Canada Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), has c…
Vancouver — London-based Billiton has completed a $1-million private placement in First Quantum Minerals (FM-V), p…
Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) has begun a 12-hole, 3,500-metre reverse-circulation drilling program at the Santo T…
Record quarterly production at the Round Mountain mine in central Nevada helped Echo Bay Mines (ECO-X) continue whe…
Vancouver — With low gold prices forcing a suspension at the Sibutad mine, and with the Bulawan operation running…
Partners McVicar Minerals (MVR-V) and BHP (BHP-N) have optioned Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Pigeon River copper-nickel-pl…
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