First Quantum Minerals Ltd

Regulatory Issues April 21, 2009

UPDATE:Ups and downs of DRC mining

Miners with operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to be at the mercy of a market that h…

Regulatory Issues April 17, 2009

More delays for DRC’s big miners

Miners hoping for an end to the protracted mining revision process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will h…

Stockpiling ore at First Quantum Minerals' Frontier copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Full production at the project helped boost the company's output 31% from last years' fourth quarter.

News April 13, 2009

First Quantum Earns US$45.9M In 2008

VANCOUVER — Despite record copper production First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O) managed to earn just US$45.9 million in 2008 as the plunging copper price forced the company to take major investme…

News April 9, 2009

Equinox into production in Zambia

Vancouver – After several years of hard work, Equinox Minerals (EQN-T) is into production at its massive Lumwana …

News March 10, 2009

Zambia wants Glencore to cough up two assets

The government of Zambia isn’t taking the consequences of falling metal prices lying down.

An oxide ore stockpile at Katanga Mining's Kamoto copper and cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga province. Due to falling copper prices, the company has stopped mining producing cobalt at its nearby Tilwezembe open-pit mine and Kolwezi concentrator, but will meet market demand for cobalt concentrate from stockpiles.

News December 8, 2008

Katanga Halts Cobalt Production In DRC

Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-o) has stopped producing cobalt at two connected projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) because of falling prices for the metal.

Underground at Lundin Mining's Galmoy zinc-lead mine, in Kilkenny Cty., Ireland. HudBay Minerals has struck a contentious deal to take over Lundin, which is nearly $300 million in debt, valuing the company at around $2.08 per share.

News December 1, 2008

HudBay Bids For Lundin

Vancouver — In a move that took investors and analysts by surprise, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-o) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-n) plans to merge into what they hope will be the next major global …

News November 21, 2008

Katanga pulls the brakes on cobalt production

Katanga Mining (KAT-T) blames falling cobalt prices for its decision to stop producing the metal at one of its proj…

News November 10, 2008

More rumbles from the DRC

Tough times for companies across the mineral sector are being amplified for those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

News October 31, 2008

DRC miners hardest hit

While these are tough times for companies across the mineral sector miners in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) a…

The core Tirex Resources team around the first drill hole at the Koshaj VMS deposit, in Albania. From left: CEO Bryan Slusarchuk, director George Gorzynski, chief Albanian geologist Preparim Alikaj, and chief geologist Allan Miller.

News September 22, 2008

Tirex races to reveal new VMS district in uncharted Albania

SITE VISIT TIRANA, ALBANIA — You could call it a silver lining. Albanians endured almost 50 years of repressive dictatorship under Enver Hoxha and his Communist Albanian Party of Labour….

Regulatory Issues September 8, 2008

Editorial: Conflicts and confusion

While the crash in junior mining stocks started to level off during the week ended Aug. 30, the 35th trading week of 2008, there remained quite a few open-ended, confusing situations for miners and th…

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