Copper proving profitable
The week of Feb. 23-March 1 saw the price of gold rise 60, to US$433.45 where it closed in the afternoon in London. The gold index fell 9.7 points to close at 205.42. The diversified metals and minin…
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Dynatec plans Madagascar production
A 60,000-tonne-per-year nickel operation at the Ambatovy nickel laterite deposit in Madagascar should be profitable, according to a feasibility study commissioned by
Anvil Mining steps up copper production
Kolwezi, D.R.C. —
California’s Mesquite: not dead yet
Western Goldfields to reprocess leach pads, expand pits…
Junior explorers scour Mexico’s Sierra Madre
Vancouver — Canadian-based junior explorers are heading to northwestern Mexico’s prolific Sierra Madre mineralized belt in search of silver, gold and base metals. Recent strength in the price of silv…
Star diamonds worth US$110 per ct
Saskatchewan is a province long synonymous with uranium and potash. It may not be too long before diamonds are thrown into the mix….
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First Quantum speeds up Kansanshi production
The Kansanshi copper mine in northwestern Zambia will go into production at a higher rate, under a plan unveiled by operator
Cross Lake gears up for more drilling at Ruddock Creek
Vancouver — With last season’s drilling ending on a high note, Vancouver-based
Avocet to sell Primary Metals block
The best story in town: Jubilee Mines
Perth, Western Australia — The rapid growth of Australian nickel production and proving up of new deposits is very much in the hands of junior companies that four years ago were either not born or ju…
Messina stirs up Buchans camp
It takes just one hot hole to put a company in play. In early December 2004, while drilling the Boomerang prospect, south of the Buchans camp in central Newfoundland,