Mining is an important economic engine in Canada, and that means that citizens living near mining camps are usually aware of a mine’s life cycle from exploration through closure. This is less true in …
Partners Eastmain Resources (ER-T) and Soquem, which is owned by the Quebec government, intend to begin drilling this week on their jointly held Clearwater gold property in northwestern Quebec.A progr…
Homestake Canada, a unit of Homestake Mining (HM-N), has developed a unique, 3-stage process to treat tailings water. The process has been used successfully at the company’s Nickel Plate gold mine, a …
Higher copper prices and the commissioning of the Los Pelambres mine in Chile have transformed London-based Antofagasta (ANFGF-O) into a low-cost producer.Los Pelambres, which entered production late …
Over the past 25 years, Teck has developed, or participated in developing, more than a dozen mines in Canada, including five in British Columbia. However, the company’s next four mining operations und…
On the heels of its friendly takeover offer for Rio Algom (ROM-T), London-based Billiton has signed a letter of intent with Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) to participate in the evaluation an…
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$275.30+$2.70Silver$ 4.95+$0.06…
Heikki Limion, a renowned geophysicist who lived in Toronto, has died. He was 58.Limion was born in Estonia in 1942. Shortly thereafter, his family fled to Germany and they eventually arrived in Canad…
Casting the spotlight on base metals once again, Inco has offered to buy back its Class VBN shares for $195 million in cash and 11.7 million warrants. The shares equate to a 25% stake in cash flow fro…
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 157766 34.50 32.56 33.81 +…
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,750/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$14.20-16.00/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.9125/lb.Indium: …
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