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Baja Mining Gets ICA Fluor For Boleo
Vancouver-based Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) has hired ICA Fluor as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm for the first phase of construction at its Boleo copper-cobalt-…
SGS’s Chris Fleming Receives MetSoc’s 2009 Airey Award
Chris Fleming, a senior metallurgical consultant for laboratory SGS, has been awarded the 2009 Airey award by the Metallurgical Society, a division of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and …
WGM Signs On For UN Global Compact Policy
Mining consultant Watts, Griffis and McOuat has signed on to the United Nations Global Compact, an agreement meant to align businesses with 10 universally accepted principles encompassing human rights…
People (June 15, 2009)
Africo Resources — Tony Harwood has resigned as president and CEO.
CGA Mining To Raise $17M
VANCOUVER — As CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGAFF-O) ships its first gold from the Masbate project 350 km south of Manila in the Philippines, it is raising $17 million through a private placement.
Platmin Extends Bridge Loan
VANCOUVER — Platmin (PPN-T, PLNLF-O) appears to have successfully navigated through the worst of troubled waters by closing a $69- million private placement and arranging a new deadline for repayment…
Mexican Businessman Buying As Much As 55% Of Copper Fox
VANCOUVER — A Mexican tomato tycoon, Ernesto Echavarria, who calls himself a risk-taker, is coming to the rescue of Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) with a much-needed $6-million financing that cou…
U.S. Markets – June 2-8
A run-up in the markets since early March has buoyed hopes of a recovery, but the economic picture remains clouded and many strategists believe a correction could be in store. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Toronto Stock Exchange – June 2-8
The S&P/TSX composite index was 55 points lower, or 0.5%, during the June 2-8 reporting period, ending at 10,549. Both Canada and the U. S. continued to lose jobs in May, but the pace of job losse…
TSX Venture Exchange – June 2-8
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index held fairly steady during the June 2-8 reporting period. Opening at 1,131.82 points and closing at 1,140.55, it posted a small loss of 8.73 points. In recent we…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 15, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 9, 2009 (change from June 2 in brackets):