Russia takes control of Uranium One
A Russian state-owned miner has acquired a majority stake in Uranium One (UUU-T) in exchange for its interest …
Financial Matters, M&A
Editorial: Tiffany Breaks Out Smelling Salts for Woozy Tahera
The end of a financial quarter always springs a few surprises, and the week ended Sept. 29, the 39th trading week of 2007, had one for beleaguered Tahera Diamond shareholders, who have watched their i…
Editorial: McEwen’s right, but does anyone still care?
While Rob McEwen and Ian Telfer are two of mining’s most successful CEOs, you couldn’t get more pronounced differences in personality and style, with McEwen, the obsessive maverick, embodying the clas…
Editorial: Placer Doomed?
Just as an open wound bleeding into the ocean will attract sharks from miles around, so will weak, upper-level management in a mining company summon from around the world the kinds of sharks who wear…
Falconbridge the new
In an effort to preserve a part of history, the merger between