Cliffs to curtail iron ore production at two Minnesota mines
Declining demand for steel has prompted major iron ore producer, Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N), to stop producti…
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Fronteer and AuEx keep hitting gold at Long Canyon
Vancouver – Joint venture partners Fronteer Development (FRG-T) and AuEx Ventures (XAU-T) are hitting long gold int…
American Mining Hall of Fame to celebrate new inductees
On Dec. 6, geologists, prospectors and mine engineers will gather in Tucson, Ariz. for the 26th Annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Banquet.
Int’l Beryllium builds on the ‘nuclear renaissance’
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-o) is buying Franklin, Ind.-based Nonferrous Products, a beryllium metalworking and specialty alloy processing company, for about US$10.5 million. The combined com…
Augusta advances Rosemont copper project (October 23, 2008)
Augusta Resource Corp. (AZC-N, AZC-X) has improved metallurgy and discovered a new mixed oxide-sulfide zone at its …
Alaskan rock kind to Full Metal
Recent drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-o) 40 Mile property, in Eastern Alaska, failed to garner market attention, despite some promising grades.
SRA shutters Mid-Tennessee
After investing $150 million to revive the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, 50 km east of Nashville, Tenn., Strategic Resource Acquisition (SRA) (SRZ-t) is temporarily shutting down the operation, whi…
Blue Note to shut Caribou and Restigouche
Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-O) is the latest miner to join the care and maintenance club after less than a year o…
NovaGold makes progress in Q3
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) reported earnings of $16.7 million for the third quarter due mainly to the sale of …
Nevada Copper rises on results
Drill results from Nevada Copper’s (NCU-T) Pumpkin Hollow copper property in Nevada lit the fuse for its share’s st…
Severstal and Chalco cutting output (October 14, 2008)
Severstal, Russia’s largest steel maker, is slashing output in Russia, the U.S. and Europe by 25-30% amidst slowing…
Intl. Beryllium acquires second metal fabricator
International Beryllium (IB-V) continues to expand in the beryllium fabrication marketplace. After signing a letter…