Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RIO-N) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company, along with five other members of the senior…
Katanga Mining (KAT-T) is gearing up to take a big copper project and make it that much bigger.
VANCOUVER — The world’s largest, publicly-traded copper producer, Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), is standing tough in the face of simmering labour turmoil and nationalisation overtures aimed at its…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a long haul for Toronto-based developer First Nickel (FNI-T) as it strives to revive commercial production at its Lockerby nickel-copper mine outside of Sudbury, Ontario.
Just a few months after Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) took a controlling 51% stake in Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q), billionaire founder and chief executive Robert Friedland has resigned from the company along with five other members of the…
Ivanhoe Australia’s (IVA-T, IVA-A) acquisition in September 2010 of the Osborne copper-gold processing complex in northwestern Queensland will help transform the company into a significant base metal producer and much of its mill feed is…
Just two weeks after the Aluminum Corporation of China announced that it intended to make a proportional takeover bid for up to 60% of SouthGobi Resources’ (SGQ-T) issued and outstanding shares, and Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q)…
Hard work appears to be paying off for London-based Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V). The company has reported three-month operational highlights, including maiden gold production details from its Ming gold-copper mine on Newfoundland’s…
China plans to increase investment in its power sector by 88% under its current five year plan (2011-2015) and a significant amount of that will go towards smart grid technology, London-based Barclays analyst Gayle Berry writes in a research…
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) wants to give an old copper mine in Spain its identity back.
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has signaled interest to acquire a majority stake in Bear Lake Gold’s (BLG-V) early-stage exploration assets, driving the Ontario-focused junior’s shares up 50% on April 10.
Earlier this month Reuters reported that Indonesia is mulling plans to slap export taxes of 25% on coal and base metals this year and as much as 50% in 2013. The measures are being contemplated as part of an effort to prevent miners from trying…
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