Teck snaps Inco’s olive branch (August 08, 2006)
Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has politely declined Inco’s (N-T, N-N) invitation to the negotiating table, instead …
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Teck ups bid for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) has begun, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the cash portion of its bid just four days after the nickel miner failed in its attempt to…
Richview gets Thierry results (August 07, 2006)
Early stage metallurgical testing on samples from the Thierry copper-nickel deposit near Pickle Lake, Ont., have shown successful concentration in a conventional bulk flotation system….
Quadra tables bid for Equatorial
Vancouver — Upstart copper producer Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) has launched a takeover offer for Australian-based Equatorial Mining (EQM-A)….
Sherwood aims for 2007 production at Minto
Vancouver — The positive findings of an independent feasibility study have prompted Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) to fast-track construction of an open-pit copper-gold mine at its wholly owned Minto projec…
Reserve upgrade adds a year to Alumbrera mine-life
Vancouver – Reserve upgrades at the Alumbrera copper-gold mine in northwestern Argentina has added one-year of mine…
Amerigo posts record earnings from Chilean operations
Vancouver – Robust copper prices pushed net earnings of Amerigo Resources (ARG-T) to a record US$12.4 million, or …
Lisbon bottleneck forces delay
Constellation Copper (CCU-T) says its Lisbon Valley copper mine in southeastern Utah will hit full steam three mont…
Inmet earnings reflect good metal market
Second-quarter earnings at Inmet Mining (IMN-T) were four times the profit the company earned in the second quarter…
Congo’s election offers signs of hope
Voting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) first election in some 40 years went off peacefully at le…
Falconbridge sticks with Inco
Canada’s long-running takeover soap opera seems to be finally drawing to an end, and it looks like the Swiss-born interloper will succeed in spoiling the nuptials with shares in Falconbridge (FAL-T, F…
The First Nickel breakup
A month after hostilities broke out, the dust has finally settled in the boardroom of Sudbury, Ont.-focused junior First Nickel (FNI-T), leaving a few members on the outside looking in, including form…