Editor’s picks: top stories of the week (February 25, 2007)
In week notable for new record, nominal highs for uranium and nickel prices, it was organized labour action in the …
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Golden Star shines on Global Gold Index (February 22, 2007)
Stronger gold prices this year are lifting many a gold miner, but Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-X) has been out…
Tough year for De Beers
Diamond producers were faced with a challenging rough market in 2006, however, demand at the retail consumer level remained solid across the world, with an estimated growth of somewhere between 4% and…
Egypt wants role on global mining stage
While the recent trend in some developing countries has been to decry foreign direct investment and increase state control over mineral assets, Egypt seems to be moving in the opposite direction.
Sunridge puts numbers to Eritrean massive sulphides (February 19, 2007)
Resource estimates for Sunridge Gold (SGC-V, SGCNF-O) on its Debarwa and Adi Nefas massive sulphide projects in central Eritrea show a significant supergene copper concentration.
SXR moves to acquire UrAsia (February 19, 2007)
SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXR-J) has offered to take over UrAsia Energy (UUU-V, UUU-L) to create a $5-billion uranium company that would have early production from Australia and South Africa, and advanc…
African mining conference draws masses
Cape Town, South Africa — On strong commodity prices and a sustained bull market, the opening day of the 12th annual Mining Indaba conference attracted more than 4,000 delegates to hear about the ong…
Minires du Nord hits high-grade under Tulawaka pit
As Minires du Nord (Northern Mining Explorations) (MDN-T) gets ready to boost production at its Tulawaka open-pit gold mine in Tanzania, drill results for a potential underground mine have verified t…
Uranium feasibility study for Equinox copper project
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has entered into a $175-million bought-deal financing agreement to fund the develop…
Impala launches Afplats bid (February 16, 2007)
Impala Platinum (IMPUY-O, IPLA-L, IMP-J) has made a takeover bid for junior platinum developer African Platinum (AP…
Xstrata, Barrick table new Kabanga resource (February 15, 2007)
Its a deposit thats been kicking around for decades, but seems to be getting more respect of late.Partners Xs…
Oromins Idziszek and Dragovan focus on West African gold
Vancouver – It seems like a far cry from the gold discoveries that made Oromin Explorations (OLE-V) President Che…