In Ontario, when taking a budget or supply vote to the legislature is just too much trouble for the politicians, they simply have the Lieutenant-Governor sign off on an order-in-council. In the Silver…
Boliden’s closure of a brass plant in West Bromwich, England, has resulted in the loss of 140 jobs.The Swedish miner closed the plant in order to consolidate production at its site in Aldridge, north …
(The following excerpt from The Commodity Refiner, a monthly publication of Barclays Capital Research, provides an overview of current nickel and zinc markets.)There are reasons to argue that nickel p…
Newly minted nickel producers FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have released a reserve figure for four mineralized zones at the McCreedy West property, on the northwestern fringe of the Sudbury s…
Globex Mining Enterprises (GMX-T) has optioned the Russian Kid gold deposit, near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., to Dasserat Resources.To acquire the property, privately held Dasserat must make option payments …
Falconbridge (FL-T) saw its second-quarter earnings jump 45% to $56 million, reflecting higher nickel prices and a one-time $12-million tax recovery relating to changes in federal resource-sector taxa…
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger of Harmony Gold (HMY-N) and black empowerment company African Rainbow Minerals Gold.The decision paves the way for the creation o…
Second-quarter earnings at Meridian Gold (MNG-T) were somewhat lower than in 2002, but low costs at the El Penon mine kept the company well in the black. For the three months ended June 30, Meridian e…
Claire Derome, the highest-level female mining executive in North America, is stepping down as president and CEO of Quebec gold producer McWatters Mining.Derome will carry on her duties until her succ…
The best news of the period for U.S.-based miners was Coeur d’Alene Mines’s signing of a memorandum of understanding with Alaska and U.S. agencies to grant environmental permits for the company’s prom…
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange sprinted to yet another new yearly high during the week ended July 29. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index jumped 61.45 points, or 5.4%, and closed at 1,…
(Note: Dryblower is an Australian-based syndicated column appearing in Australia’s Mining Monthly and on the web site MiningNews.net)How do you know if there’s a boom happening? Obviously you can list…
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