Inco on the brink-o (September 11, 2006)
Just a week after officially shunning Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (rio-n) in favour of Phelps Dodge (PD-N), Inco (N-T, N-N) has terminated its combination agreement with the Arizona-based copper…
Copper
Imperial makes bid for bcMetals
Vancouver – A newly launched takeover bid for bcMetals (C-V) could catapult Imperial Metals (III-T) into a much la…
Schaft Creek drilling returns high-grade gold for Copper Fox (September 07, 2006)
Vancouver – Partial assays from Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) initial 2006 drilling at its Schaft Creek proje…
Reserve upgrade adds a year to Alumbrera mine
Vancouver — Reserve upgrades at the Alumbrera copper-gold mine in northwestern Argentina have added one year to the life of the major open-pit operation, owned by Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), Northern Orion…
QGX weathering Mongolia’s tax storm (September 04, 2006)
It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to develop a deposit in a young democracy. Sometimes the work gets rewarded; other times, the rug gets pulled out just when things are coming into alignment….
Ivanhoe posts Q2 loss
Vancouver — Accelerated exploration and development spending at its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit in southern Mongolia pushed Ivanhoe Mines (ivn-t, ivn-t) deeper into the red in the second quarter,…
Mill changes pay off for GobiMin
Venture-listed GobiMin (GMN-V, GMNFF-O) posted earnings of US$879,000 on revenue of US$3.5 million in the quarter ended June 30, a net result of US1.4 per share….
Settlement looms at Escondida
Peace between management and workers at the world’s largest copper mine appears to imminent as the 25-day strike at…
Amerigo squeezed by tailings flow restrictions
Vancouver – Copper production from Amerigo Resources’ (ARG-T, ARGOF-O) Minera Valle Central (MVC) operation will be…
Record Q2 earnings for First Quantum (August 28, 2006)
Vancouver — A continued robust copper market propelled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O, FQM-L) to record 2006 second-quarter profits of US$150.5 million (US$2.33 per share), up 419% over the co…
Royalties gets revised feasibility numbers (August 28, 2006)
The Raglan South project of Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) appears to have better economics than a recent scoping study showed, following a review of the operating costs in the study’s financial…
Sheffield cuts wide copper at Moonlight
Vancouver – Sheffield Resources (SLD-V, SLDOF-O) has been drilling away on its Moonlight copper property in norther…