Denver — Production of refined zinc at the Cajamarquilla smelter near Lima, Peru, has ceased after 350 unionized workers walked off the job.The union and Cominco (CLT-T), which owns 82% of the plant,…
The Australian Coal Association (ACA) will fund a 3-year, A$4-million project to research longwall automation.The work will be conducted jointly by the Cooperative Research Centre for Mining Technolog…
Denver — Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) has cleared another hurdle in the acquisition of the Prestea mine in southwestern Ghana.The Denver-based company agreed to acquire former operator Barnato Explo…
Vancouver — The Panantza and San Carlos copper projects in Ecuador could potentially produce a combined 50,000 tonnes per day and generate a 6.7% internal rate of return, according to a preliminary s…
Vancouver — Armed with $6.5 million in financing, North American Tungsten (NTC-C) plans to restart its wholly owned CanTung mine, in the Northwest Territories, by year-end.The company recently entere…
WESTERN MARKETThe Canadian Venture Exchange finished the period ended June 26 down 44.97 points at 3,230.93, off 1.4%. The mining index went the other way, gaining 68.31 points, or 0.9%, to close at 7…
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Compania Minera Dayton (CMD), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dayton Mining (DAY-T), has been granted bankruptcy protection for four years.In May, CMD’s creditors unanimously accepted a creditor’s agreem…
Vancouver — The first eight holes of a second round of drilling have returned promising values from the Clarence S…
Shareholders of TVX Gold (TVX-T) have approved the company’s proposal to convert US$250 million in gold-linked conv…
Vancouver — The first eight holes of this year’s drill program over the Magistral copper porphyry-skarn property h…
Vancouver — The completion of the US$28-billion merger between London-based Billiton and Australian-based BHP (BHP…
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