Talison and Salares Lithium to merge
Vancouver – Australian producer Talison Minerals and Vancouver-based Salares Lithium (LIT-V) are joining force…
South America
New numbers for Angostura fail to give Greystar a lift
Now on a firmer environmental footing, Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) is pushing ahead with the development…
AQM and Teck re-jig Zafranal deal following long copper hits
Vancouver – The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a …
Magellan continues step-out drilling in Brazil
Vancouver – Continued drilling by Magellan Minerals (MNM-V) at its Brazilian gold projects has expanded known …
Xstrata to invest US$1.47 billion in new copper mine in Peru
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) target of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% befo…
Positive economics for Andean’s Cerro Negro (July 07, 2010)
Vancouver – A feasibility study on Andean Resources’ (AND-T, AND-A) Cerro Negro gold-silver project in Argenti…
Gold Hawk in Peru no more
The market likes a good deal, and it signaled its approval of Gold Hawk Resoruces’ (GHK-V) latest asset sale b…
Dorato hits more high grade at Cordillera Del Condor
Vancouver – The first drill program ever conducted at the Cordillera del Condor project in northwest Peru cont…
Quadra FNX loses Chinese partner for Sierra Gorda (June 28, 2010)
A Chinese utility company has walked away from a potential 50-50 joint-venture deal with recently-merged Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) for its Sierra Gorda copper-gold- molybdenum project and Franke coppe…
Vale goes big and goes home
The 24th trading week of the year saw the world’s biggest iron ore miner — Vale — and Germany’s biggest steelmaker — ThyssenKrupp Steel — usher in a new era in steelmaking in Brazil.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
In regards to the article “New challenge for Chile’s ‘Copper Man'” ( T. N. M., May 24-30/10), exploration would soar in Chile if junior mining companies were allowed to bid on even a percentage of the…
MBAC plans to mine phosphate in Brazil
Brazil has a fertilizer problem and a company called MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is looking to capitalize on it by transforming a small phosphate mine, in a growing agricultural region of central Brazil, into a sizeable value-added operation by…