Metallica’s blasting permit snuffed
Shares in Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) slipped 53, or 12.5%, to $3.70 in late-afternoon trading in Toronto o…
Regulatory Issues
Mugabe’s meltdown
By all accounts, Amos Midzi, Zimbabwe’s minister of mines, is a mild-mannered soul….
Falconbridge refills poison pill prescription (April 03, 2006)
With its planned nuptials with Inco (N-T, N-N) potentially delayed until late summer, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has adopted a new shareholders’ rights plan aimed at preventing a creeping takeover…
Crystallex soars on Venezuelan nod
Shares in Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRY-X) jumped as much as $1.44, or 39%, to $5.10 in early trading on March 27, a day after Venezuela’s Ministry of Basic Industry and Mining (MIBAM) approved…
Jurisdictions a jostlin’
Mining companies are typically loathe to publicly and directly criticize the governments that have jurisdiction over their operations, so an anonymous survey of attitudes held by mining company execut…
Rosia Montana EIA received (March 30, 2006)
Gabriel Resources (GBU-T, GBRRF-O) has taken delivery of an independently prepared environmental impact assessment …
Crystallex soars on Venezuelan approval
Shares in Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRY-X) jumped as much as $1.44, or 39%, to $5.10 in early trading on Mar…
Wading through troubled waters in Nigeria (March 27, 2006)
Chronic corruption, religious conflict and kidnappings of oil executives. You can forgive the average mining investor for overlooking Nigeria when scoping the globe for prospective land….
Every Rose Garden has its Kempthorne
U.S. President George W. Bush has made a wise decision by nominating the seasoned Republican governor of Idaho, Dirk Kempthorne, to be the nation’s next secretary of the interior. Kempthorne would rep…
Dundee to expand Chelopech
Vancouver — Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) environmental impact assessment for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in central Bulgaria has been approved by the country’s Supreme Environmental Co…
Warm words from Zimbabwe’s mining minister belie questionable plan
By all accounts, Amos Midzi, Zimbabwe’s minister of mines, is a mild-mannered soul.Throughout his recent half-h…
Falconbridge refills poison pill prescription (March 22, 2006)
With its planned nuptials with Inco (N-T, N-N) potentially delayed until late summer, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N…