Phelps adds three-way twist to four-way battle
Phoenix-based copper giant Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has emerged as a white-knight bidder for both Inco (N-T, N-N) and Fa…
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Sabina Silver delivers hot hole at Hackett River (June 21, 2006)
Vancouver – Significant initial results are trickling in from Sabina Silver’s (SBB-V, SBBFF-O) 2006 resource drilli…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 21, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet (ERA-P) and Canada’s Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) over the ow…
Taseko’s growth hinges on Gilbraltar expansion
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Norwegian remedy prescribed
Looking to grease regulatory wheels, Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) and Inco (N-T, N-N) have formalized their long-proposed remedy of selling Falco’s high-grade Nikkelverk nickel refinery in Norway….
Hunter Dickinson crew gets 14-million Northern Dynasty shares
Vancouver – Following TSX-Venture Exchange approvals, the seven principals of privately-held Hunter Dickinson Group…
Interlopers get regulatory nods
The Canadian Competition Bureau and U.S. Federal Trade Commission have granted anti-trust clearance for Teck Cominc…
ValGold winds up first phase of drilling at Garrison
Vancouver-based junior ValGold Resources (VAL-V) has finished an 11,351-metre drill program on the Garrison gold pr…
In search of leadership, needle points north for De Beers
$982 million Capital cost of the Victor diamond project…
Inco, Falco close ranks to foil Xstrata bid
In a move designed purely to bolster support for an Inco (N-T, N-N) and Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) union rather than a marriage between the latter and Swiss metals titan Xstrata (XTA-L), Inco says…
Voisey’s Bay delivers the goods
Notwithstanding Inco’s (N-T, N-N) bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and the subsequent unsolicited takeover offer launch by Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O), the big story this past year for In…