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2007: A record year for mining mergers

VANCOUVER — Mining industry mergers and acquisitions soared to record levels in 2007, fuelled by a new corporate philosophy of “eat or be eaten,” plus an effort to stay competitive in the growing glo…



Eldorado inks iron ore deal with BHP

VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has signed an agreement to sell future iron ore production from its 75%-owned Vila Nova project, in northern Brazil’s Amapa state, to mining giant BHP Billito…





Drilling at Northern Peru Copper's Galeno copper-gold-molybdenum deposit. The company was purchased by Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals in December.

Feeding the dragon

MONTERREY, MEXICO –China may be some 10,000 miles from Latin America, 45 hours of flights and stopovers and days away at sea, but it is making its presence felt in a region long used to U.S. dominanc…



Brazil to open up uranium sector?

Monterrey, Mexico — Hidden under the trees of Brazil’s northeastern Sertao hinterland lies one of the world’s biggest uranium reserves, the Santa Quiteria deposit, still undisturbed three decades aft…


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