Dignitaries gather as Eldorado opens Kisladag
Vancouver – A recent ceremony hosted by Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) to mark the official opening of the Kisladag …
Europe
Phelps troika circles the wagons (July 17, 2006)
Facing a recently sweetened competing bid, and a looming July 28 deadline for Falconbridge’s shareholders’ rights p…
Xstrata gets EC nod
The European Commission has approved Xstrata’s (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) proposed acquisition of Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N)…
Crew ups reserves at Dinguiraye (July 10, 2006)
Drilling through the last half of 2005 increased reserves at the Dinguiraye (Lefa) gold project in Guinea, held by Crew Gold (CRU-T, CRUGF-O)….
Primary Metals tallies Panasqueira
Vancouver — Tungsten producer Primary Metals (PMI-V, PMIZF-O) has released a resource estimate for its Panasqueira mine in central Portugal….
Agnico-Eagle goes international
Kittil, Finland — It is an ocean away and 6,000 km northeast of LaRonde, Que., but with pine forest-covered hills and a pro-mining government presiding over a nation of highly skilled, hockey-loving…
EuroZinc fires up zinc plant at Neves-Corvo
Vancouver – The start-up of a new zinc plant has allowed EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) to transform its Neves-Cor…
Agnico-Eagle goes international through Finland
It is over an ocean and 6,000 km northeast of LaRonde, Quebec, but with pine-forest covered hills and a pro-mining …
Primary Metals tallies Panasqueira resource
Vancouver – Tungsten producer Primary Metals (PMI-V, PMIZF-O) has come up with a resource estimate at its Panasquei…
Boliden breathes life into Garpenberg
A successful exploration program in and around Boliden’s (BLS-T, BDNNF-O) Garpenberg zinc-lead mine in Sweden has substantially boosted ore reserves, extending the mine’s life to over 10 years at curr…
Interlopers get regulatory nods
The Canadian Competition Bureau and U.S. Federal Trade Commission have granted anti-trust clearance for Teck Cominc…
Alcan growing to meet aluminum shortage
Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) has secured 40% of the energy it would need to significantly expand its aluminum smelter in Iceland….