Japanese state-owned company to finance Platinum Group Metals
The global economic rout is sending more and more mining companies on a hunt for long-term mining investments from …
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Jaguar Mining closes C$86 million offering
Jaguar Mining (JAG-T) has raised C$86 million through an offering of 13.9 million shares at C$6.20 per share to fun…
Short Position Report (March 05, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Feb. 28/09 (w…
Despite resource estimate dud MAG on offensive over Fresnillo bid
Vancouver – The CEO of MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) Dan MacInnis still contends that a significantly slimmed-down reso…
More moly at Storie for Columbia Yukon
Vancouver – The Storie molybdenum deposit in northern British Columbia keeps growing for owner Columbia Yukon Explo…
West Africans ask miners for more training, better transparency
Mines ministers from West Africa say foreign mining companies need to become more transparent, help more with infra…
Vale Inco, Alcoa and U.S. Steel cutting back
Responding to the ongoing slowdown in the nickel market, Vale Inco, the nickel division of Vale (RIO-N), has anno…
Canadian miners restart their engines in Ecuador
The government of Ecuador used the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto to a…
New Gold to merge with Western Goldfields
New Gold (NGD-T) and Western Goldfields (WGI-T) are joining forces to create a diversified gold production base fro…
HudBay battle gets nasty
Vancouver – After spending $460 million to acquire a nickel project that’s now unfeasible to develop and then att…
Minco goes to court over Sunshine mine, unpaid debt
SNS Silver (SNS-V) and Minco Silver (MSV-T) are both claiming rights to the recently-abandoned Sunshine mine near K…
Trevali arranging US$20M loan for Peruvian hydro project
Vancouver – Banco Internacional del Peru (Interbank) and law firm Estudio Eschecopar are helping Trevali Resources …