Afcan picks up rest of Mt. Kakoulima
Afcan (AFK-T) has bought the 47% interest it didn’t already own in the Mt. Kakoulima nickel-sulphide project in Gui…
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First Quantum hits new copper at Kashime
Vancouver – Reconnaissance drilling on its large Zambian Copperbelt footprint, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has di…
Semafo tables Mana study
A recently completed feasibility study concludes that Semafo’s (SMF-T) Mana gold project in Burkina Faso is capable…
Iamgold jilted, again (December 07, 2004)
After weeks of legal challenges and verbal sniping, shareholders of Gold Fields (GFI-N) have finally had their say,…
Mano River enters JV to mine Sierra Leone kimberlite dykes
Vancouver – Through a joint venture with Australian-listed diamond miner Crown Diamonds, west African explorer Mano…
Harmony loses appeals
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has rejected Harmony Gold’s (HMY-N) request for an urgent appeal of the Comp…
Gold Fields axes premium
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has trimmed its proposed cash contribution under a plan to merge its international assets with…
Harmony’s first pass nets 10.8% of Gold Fields
Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has acquired 53.4 million, or 10.8%, of Gold Fields (GFI-N) issued share capital under the ear…
Alcan plans closures, job cuts (November 26, 2004)
Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) plans to close three European facilities as part of a restructuring plan…
Gold Fields scores a late blow
South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has ruled that Harmony Gold (HMY-N) cannot use any Gold Fields (GFI-N) shar…
Gold Fields flops on Broadway
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) motion for a…
Rubicon firms up copper cobalt resource in Congo
Vancouver Rubicon Minerals’ (RMX-T) recent drilling is confirming the grade and widths at its Kalukundi copper-co…