Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 1)
“A roller coaster ride” would be one way to describe the uranium spot price in recent years, rising to US$136 per l…
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Early winter hits Teck’s Red Dog (October 30, 2008)
Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) says that “adverse weather conditions” have forced it to send off its final container ship ea…
International Tower Hill doubles Livengood resource (October 29, 2008)
Vancouver – The Money Knob deposit is starting to live up to its name for International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V)….
Lik delivers lead-silver-zinc for Zazu
Vancouver As part of its effort to calculate a resource estimate for the Lik property in northwestern Alaska, Zaz…
Rye Patch intersects gold on two Nevada projects
Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) has drilled into gold mineralization on two of its Nevada projects, Wilco and Jessup. Combin…
Cliffs to curtail iron ore production at two Minnesota mines
Declining demand for steel has prompted major iron ore producer, Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N), to stop producti…
Fronteer and AuEx keep hitting gold at Long Canyon
Vancouver – Joint venture partners Fronteer Development (FRG-T) and AuEx Ventures (XAU-T) are hitting long gold int…
American Mining Hall of Fame to celebrate new inductees
On Dec. 6, geologists, prospectors and mine engineers will gather in Tucson, Ariz. for the 26th Annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and Banquet.
Int’l Beryllium builds on the ‘nuclear renaissance’
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-o) is buying Franklin, Ind.-based Nonferrous Products, a beryllium metalworking and specialty alloy processing company, for about US$10.5 million. The combined com…
Augusta advances Rosemont copper project (October 23, 2008)
Augusta Resource Corp. (AZC-N, AZC-X) has improved metallurgy and discovered a new mixed oxide-sulfide zone at its …
Alaskan rock kind to Full Metal
Recent drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-o) 40 Mile property, in Eastern Alaska, failed to garner market attention, despite some promising grades.
SRA shutters Mid-Tennessee
After investing $150 million to revive the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, 50 km east of Nashville, Tenn., Strategic Resource Acquisition (SRA) (SRZ-t) is temporarily shutting down the operation, whi…