Century Aluminum looks to mine the other Congo
With many experts predicting that 2007 will be aluminums turn in the high commodity price cycle, Century Aluminum …
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Mano River toughs it out in Liberia
Mano River Resources (MNO-V, MNRVF-O) president Tom Elder describes the journey of bringing Liberia’s first significant gold mine into production as one of faith and persistence.
Robex has golden connections in Mali
When Richard Savard, president of Robex Resources (RBX-V), walks down the street in Bamako, Mali’s capital, he’s a familiar face to many.
Brilliant grows new nickel zone at Lanfranchi
Vancouver – Further wide, high-grade nickel intercepts at the recently discovered Deacon zone has Brilliant Mining …
Shear recovers its largest diamond to date from Churchill
While results remain pending for a 19.5-tonne mini-bulk sample collected from a network of four new kimberlite dyke discoveries on the Churchill joint-venture project in eastern Nunavut, further micro…
Quadra surprises with boost in production
Vancouver — Fourth-quarter copper and gold production from Quadra Mining’s (QUA-T, QADMF-O) flagship Robinson mine near Ely, Nev., was up significantly, driving last year’s total metals output above …
Quadra surprises with Robinson output boost
Vancouver – Fourth quarter copper and gold production from Quadra Mining’s (QUA-T, QADMF-O) flagship Robinson mine …
Diavik Exceeds Expectations
Despite the challenges created by the premature closure of the winter road in early 2006, the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories successfully kept operations and construction on track du…
Brilliant Sees New Nickel Zone Develop at Lanfranchi
Vancouver — Underground drilling on the newly discovered Deacon zone at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi mine joint venture in Western Australia’s Kambalda region has cut additional high-grade n…
Ravensthorpe to Cost US$2.2 Billion
A revision of estimated capital costs for the Ravensthorpe laterite nickel project in Western Australia now gives the project a price tag of US$2.2 billion.
Summer work at Churchill turns up diamondiferous dyke system
The source of some highly compelling G10 indicator mineral chemistry that had eluded Shear Minerals (SRM-V, SRMUF-O) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has finally been located with the discovery …
Coal train gaining momentum
Vancouver — Canadian coal producers, eyeing forecasts of rising consumption in Asia, are gearing up to take advantage of buoyant prices by expanding their thermal and coking coal operations within th…