Choice Spot, Tough Decision For Geologix
SITE VISIT Durango, Mexico — Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEXF-o) is positioned on top of what could be Mexico’s next great polymetallic mine. Just an 85-km drive along a paved highway…
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Uranium Price Will Rebound: Analysts
Despite the negative outlook for many other commodities, many analysts now forecast that uranium prices will go up in the medium-to longterm due to strong fundamentals: expanding demand from more reac…
Diamonds In For A Rough Ride, But Future’s Still Brilliant
Saskatoon, Sask. — As diamond producers and explorers alike consider the global financial situation, they know they are in for a rough ride. However, even before the financial crisis hit, most in the…
BHP Backs In On Peregrine’s Chidliak
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), the principal owner of Canada’s wildly successful Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, seems to think Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-t) Chidliak project, on southern…
Editorial: BHP Billiton Dodges A US$42B Bullet
The week ended Nov. 29, the 48th trading week of 2008, was characterized by a couple of things that didn’t happen.
BHP reduces manganese production, adjusts iron production
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the world’s largest mining company, has approved a capacity expansion at its iro…
BHP charts Olympic Dam expansion road map
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the world’s largest mining company, is planning to expand production at its Olym…
BHP Billiton Drops Rio Tinto Offer
The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for fellow mega-miner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-l).
BHP drops Rio Tinto bid
The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for fellow mega-mine…
BHP Billiton backs Peregrine Diamonds on Baffin Island
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the principal owner of Canada’s wildly successful Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest …
Apoquindo copper chiefs see near-term production
SITE VISIT Antofagasta, Chile — The word apoquindo means “meeting of the chiefs.” It’s an appropriate name for a company chaired by the former head of the world’s biggest copper…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 3)
Jeffrey Christian, managing director at New York City-based commodity consultancy CPM Group, says that the recent s…