Rio Tinto outbids Cameco for Hathor
Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) has swooped in with an all-cash, $578-million bid for uranium explorer Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) and its world-class Roughrider uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin.
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Hard Creek cuts capex by $1.6B at Turnagain
Metallurgical advancements have led Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T) to release a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Turnagain low-grade nickel project in northwestern B.C.
Editorial: Goldex cookie crumbles
If anything underscores the inherent risk of mining, it was the past week for Agnico-Eagle Mines.
U-Sea Colonsay sets sail
The second of nine new vessels to be operated by Canpotex through a joint venture with Copenhagen-based U-Sea Bulk has been delivered, and is expected to arrive at the Neptune Terminals facility in Vancouver’s North Shore on Nov. 7 to load…
Odds ‘n’ sods: Always watch out!
During the 1970s I worked at the Geco copper mine in Manitouwadge, Ont. With 650 employees, it was about half the size of a big diamond mine in Canada today.
Suppliers news
Major Drilling buys Bradley Group
People
Alcoa – Michael Pepper appointed president of Alcoa Power and Propulsion business unit.
Market news
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$14,700.00/t
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