SMC Gold buys Chilean miner
Queensland, Australia-based SMC Gold will almost triple it share base by issuing up to 200 million shares in part t…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
BHP Billiton boosts nickel business (March 23, 2004)
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel l…
Southland evacuated again
Safety problems continue at the Southland coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, where production has been suspen…
South Africans bid for South Pacific exposure (March 15, 2004)
South African gold producers Harmony Gold (HMY-N) and Durban Roodepoort Deep (DROOY-Q) have both issued bids for Pa…
BHP Options Aussie Project
Mega-miner BHP Billiton (bhp-n) has decided to exercise an option to earn into an Australian nickel-copper project…
LionOre roars in q4
With nickel prices soaring and record production out of the Tati nickel operation, LionOre Mining International (LI…
BHP signs Chinese steel deal
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has inked a US$9-billion deal to annually ship some 12 million tonnes o…
Ontzinc bids on remains of Pasminco (November 28, 2003)
Administrators of Australian zinc and lead producer Pasminco have rejected a bid by Venture-listed developer Ontzin…
Bendigo eyes plan B
Bendigo Mining is in talks with a major investment bank with an eye toward arranging a back up financing plan in ca…