Asia Now starts drilling at Habo project in China
With the close of southern China’s rainy season, Asia Now Resources (NOW-V) has begun a 1,000-metre drill program a…
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Inco slows nickel production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Inco (N-T, N-N) to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit becaus…
UBS ups targets for Ivanhoe shares
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T, IVN-N) massive Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is likely to be much larger than previously planned now that Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is involved, according to…
Dragon hunts Tiberon
With its strong Vietnam focus, investment bank Dragon Capital Management has offered to buy Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T, TBMLF-O) for $251 million so it can help develop the Nui Phao fluorspar- tungsten m…
Editorial: Our 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 and then living in that narrow zone that exists at the very limits of your intellect a…
Freeport may lose chunk of Grasberg
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) may have to sell a 9.36% of its massive Grasberg project in Indonesia to loc…
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…
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…