Xstrata closes mothballed Windimurra
Despite current high vanadium prices, London-listed diversified miner Xstrata has confirmed the permanent closure o…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Teck’s Pogo stuck, Lennard Shelf revival planned
Construction work at Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Pogo gold project in Alaska has ground to a halt after an environmental…
Alcan capitalizes on Pechiney takeover (April 27, 2004)
Alcan (AL-T) figures it can squeeze an additional US$110 million in savings out of its recent, multi-billion-dollar…
Sur American hits more high gold grades at Comval
Vancouver – Random bulk sampling of a second Tarale area vein has turned up bonanza gold grades on Sur American Gol…
Champion, Red Back shareholders approve merger
Shareholders of Australian-listed Red Back Mining and Vancouver-based Champion Resources (CHA-V) have give the go-a…
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…
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…