2005

Marathon's chief executive Phillip Walford shows off some features on stripped outcrops of the BR zone mineralization at the Marathon project in north-central Ontario.

Marathon on its way to a new resource

Marathon, Ont. — In the Port Coldwell mafic complex in north-central Ontario, exploration by Marathon PGM (MAR-V, MRPGF-O) is showing that the old-fashioned practice of banging on…


Barrick, Placer trade jabs

The emerging punch and counter-punch routine between Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) continues unabated….


Eco news drives trading

U.S. markets ended the Nov. 29-Dec. 5 report period mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was alone in the red to the tune of 55 points at 10,835.1, while the Nasdaq gained 18 points to 2,257.64 and…




Photo by John CummingA view down Davis Street, the residential street closest to Inco's Port Colborne electrocobalt refinery in Ontario's Niagara peninsula. The main entrance to the refinery is in the background.

All eyes on class action suit against Inco

In what is being described as a precedent-setting decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has certified a class-action lawsuit against nickel miner and producer Inco (N-T, N-N) worth…


Cranes at work on the processing plant at the San Cristobal silver-lead-zinc project in Bolivia. Apex Silver is spending US$650 million to build the mining and processing facilities.

Socialist tide won’t wash Apex away

Uyuni, Bolivia — Driving into Uyuni, an outpost city high in the remote mountains of Bolivia, bright colours jump off of the shabby wall of the city’s most peripheral building….


Phelps Dodge sells assets

In two separate transactions, copper producer Phelps Dodge (pd-n) is selling all of its specialty-chemicals business and part of its wire operations….


Pipe dreams, road dreams

Maybe it’s the long winter nights or the crisp air or the solitude, but when you dream in the Arctic, you can’t help but dream big….


Mongolia’s above-ground risk, Part I

A proposed amendment to Mongolian mining legislation which would give the government the right to own 30% of foreign mining projects and substantially increase operating costs has highlighted the unce…




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