Is a Cassiar Revival in Sight?
SITE VISIT Cassiar, B.C. — For more than 10 years, Cassiar was a ghost town. The northern B.C. town had thrived on an asbestos mine for 40 years but in…
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Brabant Lake Looks Strong for Manicouagan
Vancouver — The second phase of drilling at Manicouagan Minerals’ (MAM-V, MCOUF-O) Brabant Lake property, in Saskatchewan, is returning strong grades from an old deposit.
Sherritt International completes major debt financing for Madagascar project
A US$2.1 billion debt financing deal has just brought Sherritt International (S-T) one step closer to mining nickel…
Freeport, Phelps Deal Wins Vote
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have completed their merger after shareholders voted in favour of the proposed combination of the two companies.
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…
Freeport, Phelps deal wins vote
Shareholders of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have voted in favour of the propos…
Editor’s picks: top stories of week 9
There was no difficulty coming up with the most impactful story for the week ended March 2, the ninth trading week …
Iberian to reopen Aguas Tenidas
Seville, Spain — Iberian Minerals (IBZ-V, IZNFF-O) president and CEO Peter Miller was “in the jungles of Venezuela,” where the junior had acquired a number of gold properties, when he was first appro…
Freeport may lose chunk of Grasberg
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) may have to sell a 9.36% of its massive Grasberg project in Indonesia to loc…
Phelps OK’s DRC copper mine
US$650 million Cost to build Tenke Fungurume
Phelps approves construction at Tenke Fungurume
Vancouver – US giant Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has handed a newly elected government in the Democratic Republic of Congo …
Freeport to swallow Phelps
If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) will create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company and the largest …