Paladin increasing its stake in Australia
Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) is looking to increase its bet on the future of uranium mining in Australia.Af…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
CVRD pushes to become coal producer
Iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) has bought coal company AMCI Holdings Australia for $769 m…
Giustra behind Goldcorp’s US$300M mines sale
Vancouver — In what looks to be a US$300-million pruning exercise, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is spinning out mines in Australia and Brazil into a junior company led by Frank Giustra’s investment banking f…
Consmin looks to reorganize with Gilbertson (February 23, 2007)
Former BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-A, BLT-L) chief executive Brian Gilbertson and the low-profile Swiss-based coal hou…
Goldcorp sees higher 2007 production, costs.
Vancouver – Canadas second largest gold producer Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), expects to produce 2.6 million oz. of the y…
AMFs Hall: Ive got a good idea
For Australian Mineral Fields, traditional exploration takes too long thats why the company is embracing new tec…
Giustra behind US$300 million sale of Goldcorp mines to junior
Vancouver In what looks to be a US$300 million pruning exercise, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is spinning out mines in Au…
Jubilee expands resource Down Under
A new resource figure for the Sinclair nickel deposit near Leonora, Western Australia, is significantly higher than the previous one.
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…
Committee Bay delivers Aussie high-grade
Vancouver — Redemption joint-venture partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V, CBYRF-O) and Focus Minerals (FML-A) like what they see so far in drilling at the Perseverance gold deposit in the Coolgar…
Brilliant hoping to double Australian nickel mine life (February 13, 2007)
Vancouver – Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) says the discovery of a new high grade nickel zone at the Lanfranchi mine in w…
SXR moves to acquire UrAsia (February 12, 2007)
SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXR-J) has offered to take over UrAsia Energy (UUU-T, UUU-L) to create a $5-billion uranium…