Junior goes it alone in South Korea
Why Vancouver’s Oriental Minerals (OTL-V, OMNLF-O) is the only foreign mining company in South Korea right now is anyone’s guess, but director and co-chair Damien Reynolds says he’s not looking for th…
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Centerra reluctantly negotiates end to Kumtor strike
The strike at Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor Mine in Kyrgyzstan is over and normal mining operations have resumed….
TNM’s 2006 Mining Person of the Year: Robert Friedland
The world’s top athletes, scholars, artists and gurus all talk one way or another about the importance of finding a…
Windfall tax on gold in Mongolia deemed illegal
Mongolia’s infamous windfall tax on gold is not being collected from gold producers — at least not for the time be…
Tiberon Minerals sells Vietnam project to Dragon Capital
With its strong Vietnam focus, investment bank Dragon Capital Management has offered to buy Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T…
Sparton eyes uranium in Chinese coal ash
Vancouver – Research by Sparton Resources (SRI-V, SPNRF-O) has identified a major source of coal ash in China conta…
Holiday strike at Centerra’s Kumtor
Christmas isn’t coming early for Centerra Gold (CG-T). The Toronto-based company with a penchant for operating in d…
Gold Fields, Sino now allies
Already holding a significant stake in Australian gold producer Sino Gold (SGX-A), South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has taken a 6.5-million-share placement in exchange fo…
Southwestern sees Boka resource boost
Vancouver – Over two years after its preliminary assessment on the Boka gold project in Yunnan Province, China, Sou…
Guarded optimism for miners in prospective Philippines
Although it’s the fifth most mineralized country in the world, the Philippines’ mining industry is extremely underdeveloped — a result of years of ongoing policy issues, political turmoil and opposit…
Coal train gaining momentum
Vancouver — Canadian coal producers, eyeing forecasts of rising consumption in Asia, are gearing up to take advantage of buoyant prices by expanding their thermal and coking coal operations within th…
UBS ups targets for Ivanhoe and Mongolia mine
Vanouver – Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is likely to be much larger …