EuroZinc fires up zinc plant at Neves-Corvo
Vancouver – The start-up of a new zinc plant has allowed EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) to transform its Neves-Cor…
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Agnico-Eagle goes international through Finland
It is over an ocean and 6,000 km northeast of LaRonde, Quebec, but with pine-forest covered hills and a pro-mining …
Primary Metals tallies Panasqueira resource
Vancouver – Tungsten producer Primary Metals (PMI-V, PMIZF-O) has come up with a resource estimate at its Panasquei…
Boliden breathes life into Garpenberg
A successful exploration program in and around Boliden’s (BLS-T, BDNNF-O) Garpenberg zinc-lead mine in Sweden has substantially boosted ore reserves, extending the mine’s life to over 10 years at curr…
Interlopers get regulatory nods
The Canadian Competition Bureau and U.S. Federal Trade Commission have granted anti-trust clearance for Teck Cominc…
Alcan growing to meet aluminum shortage
Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) has secured 40% of the energy it would need to significantly expand its aluminum smelter in Iceland….
Hudson hunts rocks in Greenland
Vancouver — Greenland’s largest recovered diamond coupled with a drilled kimberlite dyke structure, has Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) optimistic its Garnet Lake project could prove out as the reg…
Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 12, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard truth that oftentimes it’s best for us to stick to First World countries where there i…
Anatolia achieves milestone at Copler
Anatolia Minerals Development (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) is fine-tuning a newly completed positive feasibility study of its 100%-owned Copler gold project in Turkey, with the objective of making a production de…
Scandinavian bulk samples at Keivitsa
Vancouver — Along with a newly launched 10,000-metre drill program, Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-T) is carrying out a bulk-sampling program at its wholly owned Keivitsa nickel-copper-platinum group ele…
Gabriel trumpets EIA filing
At long last, Gabriel Resources’ (GBU-T, GBRRF-O) has submitted to the government of Romania an environmental impac…
PGM Ventures to reopen Spanish zinc-copper mine (May 15, 2006)
With a full feasibility study completed, new management appointed, most of the financing and permits getting lined up, and copper and zinc prices soaring, the key pieces are now falling into place for…