Cliffs to curtail iron ore production at two Minnesota mines
Declining demand for steel has prompted major iron ore producer, Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N), to stop producti…
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Fronteer and AuEx keep hitting gold at Long Canyon
Vancouver – Joint venture partners Fronteer Development (FRG-T) and AuEx Ventures (XAU-T) are hitting long gold int…
Coal cushions Teck’s third quarter (October 27, 2008)
Vancouver – For Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) coal continues to be its saving grace this quarter.With demand for zinc and…
Cardero offered US$200 million for Pampa de Pongo
Vancouver – In the midst of a flurry of questions about slowing Chinese metal consumption, Cardero Resource (CDU-T,…
Noront, Rosseau agree on compromise board
A day before Noront Resources’ (NOT-V) annual shareholders’ meeting — where a dramatic proxy contest was set to de…
Intrepid gets positive assays from Paulsens extension
Intrepid Mines (IAU-T) is busy developing two newly found gold zones at its Paulsens gold mine in Western Australia…
Green Macaw gets in the way of Infinito
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and Environment Minister Roberto Dobles find themselves in the hot seat for their…
Fortress looks to Russia’s Far East
Getting to Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V, FTMNF-o) flagship Svetloye property, in Russia’s Far East, isn’t easy. The gold project lies 750 km west of Magadan, a port city on the sea of Okhotsk, where the …
Discovering Yukon’s Underworld (October 27, 2008)
Underworld Resources (UW-V, UNDWF-o) recently released promising results from three drill holes at its White Gold property, in the Yukon.
Agnico-Eagle on track with Meadowbank for 2010 (October 27, 2008)
Gold-bearing Archean greenstone belts were first discovered in the Baker Lake area of what is now Nunavut in the 1980s. Fast-forward 28 years and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-n) is in the midst of b…
Blue Note to close Caribou and Restigouche
Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-o) is the latest miner to join the care and maintenance club after less than a year of commercial production at its Caribou and Restigouche zinc-lead mines in Bathurst, N…
Noront CEO speaks out
In the midst of a proxy fight with a dissident shareholder, Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-o) has fired back with a positive scoping study for development of its Eagle One copper-nickel-platinum group…