Editorial: Russia tightening its grip on natural resources (October 25, 2006)
Foreign investors of time and money in Russia’s mining sector would do well to keep a close eye on the increasingly…
Russia and CIS
Rusal to eclipse Alcoa
Russian aluminum giant Rusal is poised to become the world’s largest aluminum producer, having coordinated a deal t…
AngloGold cements new Russian alliance (September 21, 2006)
AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L, ANANO-J) has concluded a deal with Russian gold producer Polymetal for a strategic …
25 die in Siberian mine fire
Highland Gold Mining (HGHGF-O, HGM-L) says production will resume later this week at the Darasun gold mine in the Chita region of eastern Siberia where an underground fire killed 25 miners….
Death tolls rises to 25 in Siberian mine fire
Highland Gold Mining (HGM-L) says production will resume later this week at the Darasun gold mine in the Chita regi…
Fire at Highland’s Darasun mine; at least 11 dead
A fire at the Darasun underground gold mine in the Chita region of eastern Russia has killed at least 11 mine emplo…
Kyrgyz authorities seize Jerooy
With the development licence for the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrgyzstan still up in the air, Kyrgyz authorities desc…
Nikos funds search for gold in former Soviet Union
Vancouver – A search for multi-million-ounce gold deposits in the former Soviet Union will be funded by Nikos Expl…
High River takes on Russian silver project (August 14, 2006)
The Russian subsidiary of High River Gold (HRG-T), Buryatzoloto, has lined up an agreement with private Russian company Gazteck Industry that will give Buryatzoloto a 50% interest in an undeveloped si…
Eureka! Positive study on Miheevskoye
London-listed developer Eureka Mining (ERKMF-O, EKA-L) will go to a final feasibility study on its Miheevskoye copper-gold deposit in Russia following a prefeasibility study that concluded a 25-millio…
More Oxus licence woes
London-based developer Oxus Gold (OXUSF-O, OXS-L) says it is “reviewing its legal options” after the announcement from Kyrgyzstan that the state mining agency Kyrgyzaltyn had engaged a new joint-ventu…
Eureka gets positive study on Miheevskoye
London-listed developer Eureka Mining (EKA-L) will go to a final feasibility study on its Miheevskoye copper-gold d…