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Inmet inks Antamina put-call deal (March 04, 2002)

Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has signed an agreement with Noranda (NRD-T) whereby either company can initiate the sale of Inmet’s 3.3% net proceeds interest in the Antamina zinc-copper mine in Peru.Inmet’s pu…


De Beers saw diamond sales shrink in 2001

De Beers saw its profits halved in 2001 as the global economic downturn took its toll on rough diamond sales.The major’s core business is the mining and marketing of rough gem diamonds. Hampered by th…


Short-term prospects dim in mineral commodity markets

It’s annual-report season, and given the difficult trading conditions of late, it isn’t surprising that many companies are reporting mixed results. What is cause for concern, however, is that most min…


Compania Minera AntaminaWith commercial production under way at the Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru (pictured above), Teck Cominco is throttling back zinc production at its Red Dog mine in Alaska, while reducing its refining capacity both in Peru and British Columbia.

Teck Cominco cuts zinc output (February 25, 2002)

Vancouver — Faced with an oversupply of zinc on the world market, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) plans to trim production by 55,000 tonnes in 2002.The Cajamarquilla zinc refinery in Peru, owned 82% by the majo…


BHP Billiton knocks down Tower

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is closing the Tower coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, as part of an ongoing effort to cut costsTower is one of four underground mines that constitute the Illawarra operati…


Newmont rises to the top

The volume leader among all the miners during the report period was Newmont Mining, which finally won control of both Normandy Mining and Franco-Nevada Mining, making it the the world’s largest gold m…


Low macro results won’t dissuade Ashton

A small surface sample of kimberlite float and outcrop collected by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) from the promising Artemisia kimberlite pipe discovered last fall on the Kim property in Nunavut has…


Ivanhoe now owns Mongolian project

Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has assumed 100% ownership of the Turquoise Hill copper-gold project in southern Mongolia after completing its earn-in obligations by spending US$3 million on …


Kaiser thrown US$300m lifeline

Nosediving 50% to US35, Kaiser Aluminum won the flameout-of-the-week award by filing for bankruptcy protection and obtaining US$300 million in debtor-in-possession financing from the Bank of America….


Mining operations keep Inmet profitable

Buoyed by operating earnings from all three of its mines, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) closed the year with a net profit of $18.9 million (44 per share) on revenue of $106.8 million.The figure was a substant…


Orvana resumes Don Mario development

Two years after being forced to shelve it, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has raised enough funds to advance its small but high-grade Don Mario gold-silver deposit.In the heyday of 1996, Orvana added the Bol…


Minotaur steps out at Olympic Dam-style prospect

The geology and geochemistry of Minotaur Resources’ discovery hole at a large gravity anomaly in the Mt. Woods area of South Australia suggests Olympic Dam-style mineralization and the makings of a po…


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