Tirex Adds Promise At Mirdita
VANCOUVER — Tirex Resources (TXX-V, TIRXF-O) is slowly proving the precious and base metal potential of its Mirdita project in central Albania. Lately, the proof has come from the Letitna zone, where…
Russia and CIS
Record Production For Uranium One In Kazakhstan
VANCOUVER — Uranium One (UUU-T, SXRZF-O) has announced record production results from its Kazakhstan mines and an increase in resources at one of those mines as the company’s share price labours to r…
Svetloye Gold-Silver Target Grows For Fortress
VANCOUVER — The Svetloye gold-silver project in Russia keeps returning well-mineralized intercepts for Fortress Minerals (FTS-V, FTMNF-O).
Operational problems continue to dog High River
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) continues to have operational difficulties at its key gold mines, and this while the …
ArcelorMittal assets under threat in Russia
The governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region warned steel giant ArcelorMittal (MT-N) that if it doesn’t increase coal p…
Mechel posts Q1 net loss of US$690.7 million
A 60% drop in coking coal production and a sagging exchange rate for the Ruble plunged Russian integrated mining an…
Uranium One Allies With Russians In Kazakhstan
With the spectre of rising Russian influence in the democratically challenged former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, Uranium One (UUU-T, SXRZF-O) has formed a strategic alliance with a Russian state-ow…
Severstal Improves High River Offer
High River Gold Mines’ (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, is sweetening its bid for the gold producer.
Uranium One acquires 50% of Russian mine in Kazakhstan
With the spectre of rising Russian influence in the democratically challenged former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan,…
Severstal improves offer for High River Gold
High River Gold’s (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, is sweetening its bid for the…
High River May Get Bailout
Financially strapped High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) says its largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, has expressed a non-binding interest in making a cash offer of 18¢ per shar…
Kazakhstan’s Uranium Shakeup
Shares of Uranium One (UUU-T, SXRZF-O) took a beating recently on news that the Kazakhstan government has accused a key executive in the uranium industry of illegally selling deposits to foreign compa…