Brilliant cuts wide high-grade at Lanfranchi nickel
Vancouver – Definition drilling on the Winner orebody at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi joint venture in Wes…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 26, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet and Canada’s Falconbridge over the ownership of the latter’s Koniambo project was settled once and for all in French courts in December, think ag…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 21, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet (ERA-P) and Canada’s Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) over the ow…
Areva takes gold assets public in RTO
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources …
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (June 05, 2006)
Vancouver — Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from drilling and sampling of a seabed sulphide zone at its Solwara 1 project off the co…
Inco, Steelworkers reach tentative deal (June 05, 2006)
Eleventh-hour talks between Inco (N-T, N-N) and United Steelworkers (USW) locals 6500 and 6200 have delivered a tentative collective bargaining agreement covering the nickel giant’s Sudbury and Port C…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (May 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Rio Tinto to build Hope Downs iron mine in Australia
Vancouver — Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is beginning mine construction at its massive Hope Downs iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia….
Coeur basks in record Q1 profits
Vancouver – A 31% increase in silver production helped Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) post net earnings of US$…
International Royalty to pick up Aussie gold NSR
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T) has inked a royalty purchase agreement covering a large package of gold projects, including a producing operation, in Western Australia….
Consmin to take Titan private
Just as in Canada, the nickel industry in Australia is seeing the emergence of small and middle-tier producers growing through consolidation. In the latest move, Consolidated Minerals (CSMBF-O, CNM-L,…