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Canpotex's newest vessel, the U-Sea Colonsay. Photo by Canpotex

U-Sea Colonsay sets sail

The second of nine new vessels to be operated by Canpotex through a joint venture with Copenhagen-based U-Sea Bulk has been delivered, and is expected to arrive at the Neptune Terminals facility in Vancouver’s North Shore on Nov. 7 to load…


Silvercorp rallies on audit findings

Vancouver – Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) looks to have been vindicated of fraud allegations in a forensic audit, leading to a sharp recovery in its share price.


Violence plagues Freeport’s Grasberg mine

Three contractor workers died and two security personnel were wounded at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (fcx-n) Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province on Oct. 14.


Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement safe…for now

Less than two weeks after a group of twenty parliamentarians in Mongolia accused the government of breaking the law when it concluded an investment agreement (IA) on the Oyu Tolgoi project, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) issued a joint statement…


Rumours about Oyu Tolgoi rattle Ivanhoe

Dale Choi, an analyst at Frontier Securities in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is recommending to clients that they buy long-term call options on Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) due to the “panic” surrounding rumours of possible revisions to the Oyu…


Mongolian MPs post hostile letter about OT

In an open letter to Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) published yesterday on Mongolian website medee.nn, a group of twenty parliamentarians in Mongolia reportedly accused the government of breaking the law when it concluded an investment agreement (IA)…


Oyu Tolgoi rumours rattle Ivanhoe

Dale Choi, an analyst at Frontier Securities in Ulaanbaatar, is recommending to clients that they buy long-term call options on Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) due to the “panic” surrounding rumours of possible revisions to the Oyu Tolgoi…


China Gold boosts Jiama’s resource

China Gold International Resources (CGG-T) is working hard to impress the market with its Jiama copper mine in China, as it boosts resources and looks to undergo a major mine expansion. 


Prophecy Coal looks to satisfy Mongolia’s power needs

With the Mongolian economy growing at one of the fastest rates in the world, and China eyeing its neighbour as a potential long-term power source, Vancouver-based Prophecy Coal (PCY-T) is optimistic about its prospects for a power-purchase…



Resources jump 443% at China Gold’s Jiama

China Gold International (CGC-T) is working hard to impress the market with its Jiama copper polymetallic mine in Tibet as it boosts resources and looks to undergo a major mine expansion.


Studying a map at Woulfe Mining's Sangdong tungsten-molybdenum project in South Korea, from left: Bill Kable, vice-president technical; Arne Rahnel, manager of projects; and Wang In Jeon, safety manager. Photo by Woulfe Mining

Woulfe advances Sangdong

With tungsten prices on the rise, Vancouver-based Woulfe Mining (WOF-V) is scrambling to restart the past-producing Sangdong tungsten-molybdenum mine in South Korea by late 2012.


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