Stronger commodity prices nudged Noranda’s (NOR-T) third-quarter earnings a little higher, despite higher energy prices and an ongoing strike at the Sudbury, Ont., operations of subsidiary Falconbridg…
During a period when South Africa’s mining industry consolidated to a handful of companies from 37 producers, Harmony Gold Mining (HGMCY-Q) grew into a multi-million-ounce producer by expanding beyond…
Eight new members have been inducted into the National (U.S.) Mining Hall of Fame in Leadville, Colo.The ceremony was held at the Las Vegas Hilton and hosted by Dr. Thomas Falkie, chairman of Philadel…
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Placer Dome’s (PDG-T) wholly owned Zaldivar copper mine is proving a significant contributor to the major’s bottom line. Situated in northern Chile, the open-pit, heap-leach operation added US$213 mil…
Having expanded its LaRonde gold mine in northwestern Quebec, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) is expecting a steady stream of cash flow.In October, underground production was ramped up to 5,000 tons per da…
The board of directors of Australian-listed Ashton Mining has recommended that its shareholders reject Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) A$1.85-per-share offer, which it described as “neither fair nor reasonable,” …
Drilling by Anglo American (AAUK-Q) at the Aripuana property in Brazil has intersected a zone of zinc and lead sulphide mineralization in a stepout hole 160 metres northwest of the previously drilled …
Nov. 6-8 New Brunswick Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy: Annual Review of Activities — Sheraton Hotel, Fredericton, N.B. Contact: Carol McNeill-Dobbelsteyn or Don Carroll. Tel: (506) 453-2206. F…
If gold is the mortal enemy of central bankers, as suggested by Lawrence Parks, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME), is there hope for a truce or a pe…
Dorothy Atkinson was a government geologist based in Yellowknife during the heady days of the diamond rush in the Northwest Territories. Today, as senior mining analyst for IPO Capital, she’s keeping …
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