Singaporean money flows to Canadian miners
The investment arm of the government of Singapore, Temasek Holdings, is starting to make its presence felt in …
Platinum Group Metals
North American Palladium raises $87 million
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) is raising $87 million in a bought-deal financing paving the way to de…
Vale Inco renews ABB deal at Voisey’s Bay
Swiss automation and engineering giant ABB (ABB-N) has just signed an agreement with Vale Inco, a subsidiary of Vale (VALE-N) to cover equipment maintenance at the company’s Voisey’s Bay nickel mine i…
Colossus Minerals to acquire Vale ground at Serra Pelada
Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) and its joint-venture partner Coomigasp, a 45,000-strong co-operative of lo…
Quadra Mining to hook up with FNX Mining
A little more than two weeks after copper producer Quadra Mining (QUA-T) struck a US$900 million joint-venture…
Finland delegation says the Nordic nation is a great place for mining
In late December 2001 Inmet Mining (IMN-T) announced that it would acquire 100% of the Pyhasalmi underground c…
Marathon PGM drills at Geordie Lake
Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has intersected some solid copper-platinum group metal grades at its Geordie Lake deposit…
Zimbabwe and the appetite for risk
Six to nine months ago when Ian Saunders tried to get a meeting with the investment community in Toronto or Va…
Citbank weighs in on long-term pricing
Rising structural costs, limited projects, riskier geographies and infrastructure bottlenecks will all put “up…
Duluth Metals JVs with Antofagasta to advance Nokomis
It’s not very often that a junior Canadian explorer hooks a South American mining giant with a promising depos…
NA Palladium To Restart Lac Des Iles
The outlook for palladium is strong enough that North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) has asked miners to come back to work at Lac des Iles, near Thunder Bay, Ont., after a year-long shutdown.
FNX set to hike production in 2010
FNX Mining (FNX-T) forecasts production from its Sudbury mining camp in 2010 will reach 891,000 tons of ore sh…