Peabody buying Excel Coal
St. Louis-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal produce…
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Areva takes gold assets public
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources (LMA-V, LACHF-O) that will move its gold assets into a Canadian-listed public company…
SXR Uranium One’s Dominion grows (July 03, 2006)
Higher uranium and gold prices and more than 30,000 metres worth of drilling have allowed SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) to substantially boost resources at its already large Dominion uranium projec…
Brilliant cuts wide high-grade at Lanfranchi nickel
Vancouver – Definition drilling on the Winner orebody at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi joint venture in Wes…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 26, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet and Canada’s Falconbridge over the ownership of the latter’s Koniambo project was settled once and for all in French courts in December, think ag…
Editorial: Eramet still hankering after Koniambo (June 21, 2006)
If you thought that the tussle between France’s Eramet (ERA-P) and Canada’s Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) over the ow…
Areva takes gold assets public in RTO
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources …
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (June 05, 2006)
Vancouver — Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from drilling and sampling of a seabed sulphide zone at its Solwara 1 project off the co…
Inco, Steelworkers reach tentative deal (June 05, 2006)
Eleventh-hour talks between Inco (N-T, N-N) and United Steelworkers (USW) locals 6500 and 6200 have delivered a tentative collective bargaining agreement covering the nickel giant’s Sudbury and Port C…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (May 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Rio Tinto to build Hope Downs iron mine in Australia
Vancouver — Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is beginning mine construction at its massive Hope Downs iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia….