Xstrata offers $4.6B for LionOre
Nickel prices may not have hit the roof yet, but LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LMGGF-O, LOR-L) is urging its shareholders to agree to a $4.6-billion friendly takeover bid by Xstrata (XTA-L, XSR…
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Aura Gold to acquire Brazilian copper-gold project
Vancouver Aura Gold (ORA-T) is expanding its asset base in Brazil, by acquiring an advanced copper-gold project i…
Editorial: Nickel Zooms to All-Time High
The trading week ended March 16, the eleventh of the year, was highlighted by record nickel prices, which have jumped six-fold in the past five years in response to nagging supply constraints and surg…
Hand to join Fronteer board
The former head of the former Inco, Scott Hand, is slated to join the much smaller Fronteer Development (FRG-T, FRG…
CVRD buys Aussie coal miner
Iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has bought coal company AMCI Holdings Australia for $769 million.
Editor’s Picks: top stories of week 11
The trading week which ended March 16, the eleventh of the year, was highlighted by record nickel prices, which h…
Skye exercises final option on Fenix nickel
Vancouver – Skye Resources (SKR-T, SKRZF-O) has exercised the final terms in its option to acquire Companhia Vale d…
Jaguar Mining grows with Brazil
SITE VISIT Belo Horozonte, Brazil — It’s a grey day in Minas Gerais — Brazil’s famed mining state — and the row of flags flying over the heads of Jaguar…
CVRD pushes to become coal producer
Iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) has bought coal company AMCI Holdings Australia for $769 m…
Editor’s Picks: Top stories of the week
The small club of global nickel miners was the top newsmaker during the week ended Feb. 2, 2007, with substantial d…
CVRD to spend US$477 million sprucing up Canadian assets
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) will spend US$477 million this year to maintain its Canadian nickel proje…
Inco slows production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) subsidiary CVRD Inco to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit because the reservoir levels at its hydroelectric p…