Thermo Fisher snags award for new XRF analyzer
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO-N) has been awarded the R&D 100 award for technological innovation for the company’s handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer.
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U. S. MARKETS JULY 29-AUG. 4
The main U. S. stock indices were up during the July 29-Aug. 4 trading session, buoyed by a falling oil price. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153 points, or 1.4%, to 11,284; the Standard and Po…
Delayed startup for Equinox
VANCOUVER–It’s been an up-and-down past few months for Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQMIF-O) as it tries to get its Lumwana copper, in Zambia, project into production.
Timmins Gold gets San Francisco production-ready (August 11, 2008)
A new crusher is on the way to Timmins Gold’s (TMM-V, TMGOF-O) San Francisco heap-leach open-pit operation in Sonora state, Mexico, where the company is getting ready to restart production at the past…
North American Palladium settles crusher litigation
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) has settled a six-year-old dispute with its insurer regarding a crusher failure at its Lac des les platinum group metals mine, 85 km north of Thunder Bay, Ont.
Platmin hires MCC as contractor for Pilanesberg
South African-focused platinum miner Platmin (PPN-T, PLNLF-O) has hired MCC Contracts to conduct open-pit mining at its Pilanesberg mine.
Rio Tinto Alcan starts $200M community fund
Rio Tinto Alcan has started the $200-million Canada fund, aimed at giving back to communities in Quebec and British Columbia, where the company has operations. The subsidiary of mining juggernaut Rio …
Oromin tallies Sabodala resource
Oromin Explorations (OLE-V, OLEPF-O) has reported an initial inferred resource estimate totalling 1.4 million oz. gold at its Sabodala project in eastern Senagal.
More zinc for Lundin
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) has hit upon a new zinc-copper discovery at its Neves-Corvo mine, in southern Portugal, that could well be the largest deposit at the project, the company says.
Atacama to raise $80M
VANCOUVER– Atacama Minerals (AAM-V, ATAAF-O), a major iodine producer in Chile, has announced an $80-million brokered private placement on a best-efforts basis to raise money for its move into fertil…
Thumbs up for Silver Eagle’s Miguel Auza mine
The fully permitted Miguel Auza mine, which generated its first revenue for Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) during a bulk-sampling program last year, shows promising economics according to a prefe…
Tough quarter for HudBay
Lower zinc prices took their toll on HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) second-quarter earnings.