Vale Inco reaches agreement with province on Voisey’s Bay
Vale Inco has reached an agreement with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to amend the Voisey’s Bay develop…
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Freeport defends Phelps takeover after US$14B net-loss
Vancouver – Impairment and goodwill charges primarily related to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) acquisiti…
International Royalty comments on Voisey’s Bay concentrate shipments
International Royalty Corp. (IRC-T, ROY-x) says Vale Inco’s agreement to stop concentrate shipments from Voisey’s B…
China bails out struggling base-metals producers
China has been bailing out its struggling domestic smelters by stockpiling metals since December.
OSC ruling could stymie HudBay-Lundin merger
With one ruling from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the future of both HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HB…
Update: Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Anvil rises on new mining contracts in DRC
Vancouver – The biggest copper producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has finalized mining contract r…
Not so much African Copper
African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) is closing the doors on its Mowana mine in Botswana.
Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Commentary: Commodity Prices To Bottom In 2009: Banks
While TD Bank sees the commodities market starting to rebound in the second half of 2009, followed by more pronounced price increases in 2010, the World Bank believes that, over the long term, commodi…
Continental Nickel Makes Headway In Tanzania
Nickel prices may be in the dumps, but that isn’t dampening Continental Nickel’s (CNI-V, CNKDF-O) drive at its Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanzania, which recently returned some encouraging …