Grupo Mexico weathers the storm (October 11, 2006)
Lima, Peru — The Atlantic hurricane season has been mercifully light this year, but Mexican copper, coal and zinc …
Copper
News – 11-OCT-06
Quadra trumped in bid for Equatorial
Losses related to a hedging program and operating challenges at the Robinson copper-gold mine near Ely, Nev., pushed Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) into the red during the latest quarter ended June 30…
Oxiana to take on Kalimantan projects
Australian copper and gold producer Oxiana Resources (OXFLY-O, OXR-A) has signed an agreement with Vancouver junior…
Frontera harvests first copper cathodes at Piedras Verdes
Vancouver – The initial batch of cathodes at Frontera Copper’s (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) Piedras Verdes mine in Sonora State…
Rio Narcea picks up Chariot shares from Amerigo (October 05, 2006)
Taking a turn away from its usual stomping grounds in Spain and North Africa, Toronto-based Rio Narcea Gold Mines (…
Norsemont releases resource estimate for Constancia
Vancouver – An independent resource estimate has been prepared for Norsemont Mining’s (NOM-V, NOMFF-O) Constancia …
NovaGold wins round in battle over Grace
Vancouver The British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has concluded that three years o…
Strike averted at Teck Cominco’s Highland Valley mine
Vancouver – With the help of a mediator, Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Local 7619 of the United Steel Workers o…
New World Cuts Higher Grades at Lipea
Vancouver — The second and third holes by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) at the Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia indicate a wide zone of higher-grade copper-gold mineralization….
Drilling and Prestripping Continue at Minto
Vancouver — Recent exploration drilling by Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) has intersected additional high-grade mineralization at the Minto copper-gold project being advanced to production in the Y…
Teck Cominco sees strike loom at Highland Valley
Vancouver – The clock is ticking down as Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) looks at impending strike action at its 97.5…