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European hazardous materials regulations have removed lead from solder, which is now typically 96% tin, 3.5% silver and 0.5% copper by weight. Photo by David Mellis

Tin and silver: The new electric metals

Historic high prices for tin and silver are in the cards between now and 2018 as demand for the two metals in solder used in the electronics industry continues to climb and supply fails to keep pace, Jon Hykawy, head of global research at Byron…




Ivanhoe Australia eyes Mount Elliott’s riches

Ivanhoe Australia’s (IVA-T, IVA-A) acquisition in September 2010 of the Osborne copper-gold processing complex in northwestern Queensland will help transform the company into a significant base metal producer, and much of its mill feed is…


Rio Novo Gold moves Almas forward

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) expects to complete a definitive feasibility study on its fully owned Almas gold project in Brazil’s Tocantins state by September, and if all goes according to plan, initial production could start by July 2013. 


Drillers working at Marathon Gold's Golden Chest project in northern Idaho in February. Photo by Marathon Gold

Marathon beats chest at Golden Chest

After releasing a maiden resource estimate last month for its 50%-owned Golden Chest gold mine project in Idaho, Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) is back in the news with drill results that the junior explorer describes as a “very encouraging…


Richmont drops on Wasamac’s PEA

Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) saw it shares tumble after publishing a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wasamac gold project in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.



Xstrata Coal seeks buyer for Donkin stake

Joining a growing list of mining companies that are reassessing their business strategies and core assets, Xstrata Coal, a subsidiary of diversified miner Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O), says it is looking to sell its 75% stake in the Donkin coal…


Agnico-Eagle gets the shine back

Once a company achieves upper-mid-tier status, as Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T) has, it is faced with a different set of problems.


UPDATED: Fission grows in the Athabasca

 With grades over 10 times the world average, the Athabasca basin is home to some of the most economic uranium deposits in the world and one junior is looking to lock up a significant amount of that prospectiveness for itself.


Nunavut explorers off to good start for 2012

VANCOUVER — Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, what with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) being forced to cut years off its Meadowbank mine in the…


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