Australia, NZ & South Pacific

A haul truck exits a portal at Brilliant Mining's 25%-owned Lanfranchi nickel mine in Western Australia's Kambalda region.

Brilliant cuts wide high-grade nickel at Lanfranchi

Vancouver — Definition drilling on the Winner orebody at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi joint venture in Western Australia has delivered significant intervals of high-grade nickel mineralizati…


Vivian Danielson

TVI reaps gains at Canatuan

The road to production has not been easy for TVI Pacific (TVI-T, TVIPF-O), which began production at its most advanced asset, the Canatuan mine in the Philippines, in mid-2004. Opposition from environ…






Mega Uranium expands Down Under

Vancouver — Looking to live up to its name, and in keeping with its strategy of growth by acquisition, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) has placed Aussie-listed company Redport (RDPOF-O, RPT-A) in its s…




PEABODY ENERGYPeabody is the world's largest coal company with 2004 sales of 227 million tons and revenue of US$3.6 billion. The company recently made a $1.5-billion cash bid for Australia's Excel Coal. Some of the money for deal was generated by the Rawhide coal mine (pictured), one of Peabody's three Powder River Basin mines in Wyoming, which serve nearly 80 power plants in 18 states.

Peabody Excel-erates its coal business

St. Louis, Mo.-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal producer Excel Coal (EXOAF-O, EXL-A) for about US$1.5 billion….




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