Silver ETF a go?
Precious metals investors smiled in early March as spot silver broke through the longstanding US$10-per-ounce barrier to post solid, new 19-year highs. Purchases by speculators have been important dri…
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Editorial: Market awaits SEC’s decision on Barclays’ proposed silver ETF
Precious metals investors smiled in early March as spot silver broke through the longstanding US$10-per-oz. barrier…
Coeur d’Alene posts “all-time” record earnings
Vancouver A strategy to diversify to newer, low-cost gold and silver mines in foreign lands from aging high-cost …
McEwen’s U.S. Gold looks to consolidate Cortez Trend
Vancouver – Robert McEwen’s U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has launched takeover offers for four TSX Venture-listed companies i…
Hecla, Great Basin make peace
Partners Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) have agreed to dismiss all litigation regarding an…
Newmont net earnings drop 27% in 2005 (February 27, 2006)
Vancouver – Strong bullion prices helped offset some higher mine operating costs for Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) …
EU digs into major miner merger
Regulators in the European Union have decided to take a closer look at the proposed merger between Canadian metal h…
Inco eyes summer wedding
Inco (N-T, N-N) has for a third time extended its friendly takeover bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N), this ti…
Polymet testing works
Pilot-plant tests of the metallurgical design for the NorthMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota have met…
Ogee returns more high-grade
Underground drilling by Atna Resources (ATN-T) continues to yield high-grade gold values from the Ogee zone at the …
Mid-tier-merger proposal bites the dust
Vancouver Romarco Minerals (R-V) and Western Goldfields (WGDF-O) have called off their proposed merger, which was…
Editorial: All OK at K2
January opened with a dozen miners’ deaths stemming from a too-little, too-late response to an explosion at the Sag…