Cleveland-Cliffs to merge with Alpha Natural Resources
After Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF-N) and Alpha Natural Resources (ANR-N) wrap up their merger, the new entity will own ni…
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Nevada Geothermal Power borrowing US$145M for generating plant
Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP-V, NGLPF-O) is planning to borrow US$145 million from a banking syndicate led by Morgan Stanley (MS-N) and Glitnir Capital to build a geothermal power plant at Blue Mounta…
Editorial: Good news for US miners in Ninth Circuit
During the week ended July 12, the 28th trading week of 2008, miners active in the western U. S. soaked in a rare bit of good news from the U. S. court system.
Golden Predator and Midway to merge
Vancouver – Golden Predator Mines (GP-T) is determined to grow. Only a few months after manoeuvring a takeover of F…
Editorial: Good news for US miners from Ninth Circuit
Miners active in the western U.S. are soaking in a rare bit of good news from the nation’s court system.The U.S…
Full Metal’s Little White Man gets bigger (July 14, 2008)
Vancouver – The first drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V) 2008 program have expanded the size of a zinc…
Mines Management clears a hurdle in Montana
Mines Management (MGT-T) has been given one official nod for its Montanore silver and copper project in northweste…
Livengood results lift International Tower Hill (July 14, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A long, well-mineralized intercept from its Livengood gold project in Alaska had International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) up as much as 35% in recent trading.
Will the lead and platinum markets be derailed by auto industry woes?
The recent sales figures coming out of the automotive industry in Detroit have been awful, leading to layoffs at so…
Duluth deluge: Franconia updates copper-nickel-PGM resource
Vancouver – On the heels of Duluth Metals’ (DM-T) resource update for its Nokomis deposit in the Duluth Complex in …
Uranium a ‘bread and milk’ commodity: Haywood Securities
Rising energy prices and environmental concerns over hydrocarbon-based energy production in the form of coal, oil and gas are laying the groundwork for a “nuclear renaissance,” Haywood Securities writ…
Potash and uranium are key themes in RBC conference
The RBC Global Mining and Materials Conference was hosted by RBC Capital Markets on June 10-11 in Toronto. The conf…