Alcan jettisons French asset (April 30, 2007)
Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) is paring down its engineered products branch by selling off its Satma subsidiary to ALMECO Spa of Italy.
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Hot nickel triggers Lundin’s Rio Narcea offer
Vancouver — Aiming to add nickel to its metal production mix Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) is snapping up Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T, RNO-X) and its mainly European operations in a friendly all-cash…
Quadra eyeing moly production in Greenland
Vancouver — Eyeing molybdenum production in Greenland, Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) is launching a $34-million takeover bid for International Molybdenum (IMY-L), after securing the backing of the E…
Lundin enters hot nickel market with Rio Narcea bid
Vancouver Aiming to add nickel to its metal production mix, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) is snapping up Rio Narce…
Oxus Gold divests Kyrgyz project (April 02, 2007)
Oxus Gold (OXUSF-O, OXS-L) has sold its interest in the operating company that had developed the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan, as part of a transaction with another London-listed junior, KazakhGo…
Rio Narcea profitable in 2006
Buoyed by nickel revenues, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T, RNO-X) made US$70.7 million in 2006, its first annual prof…
Barrick Eyes Pakistan for Super-Giant Potential
With a resource inventory of more than 21.3 million oz. gold and 26.6 billion lbs. copper, and counting, the Reko Diq copper-gold porphyry project in southwestern Pakistan has “super-giant” proportion…
Drill results bring market gains for Northland
Gold results from 17 diamond drill holes at Northland Resources (NAU-V) Barsele gold project in central Sweden lif…
Oxus Gold divests Kyrgyz project (March 12, 2007)
Oxus Gold (OXS-L) has sold its interest in the operating company that had developed the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrg…
Site visit: Sizing up Finland’s Kevitsa
SODANKYLA, FINLAND — It’s a huge, low-grade deposit — but can it be a money-maker? That’s the question facing Scandinavian Minerals (sgl-t) as it works hard to develop its Kevitsa…
Cash-rich Lundin in buying mode
Vancouver — With over US$400 million in cash, Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-X) says it remains in an acquisition mode with an eye on long-life assets that it hopes to add to base metal operations in Swed…
Greenpeace eyeing Tournigan’s Slovakian project
Vancouver — Keeping local residents informed about its plans to develop a uranium mine in eastern Slovakia has become a priority for Tournigan Gold (TVC-V, TVCZF-O) now that the company says its acti…