CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: What Agnico might do with $1 billion
This week Agnico-Eagle Mines of Toronto announced it has increased its credit lines to over US$900 million. A new n...
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: American Consolidated, Frontera Copper, Labrador Iron Mines, Noront and True North Mining
William Sherriff has been named chairman of two Vancouver companies, American Consolidated Minerals Corp. and the n...
BOUGHT DEAL: Inmet raises $300 million
TORONTO - Base metal miner Inmet is raising $348 million through an equity bought deal underwritten by Credit Suiss...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Suncor, Fort McKay launch business incubator
ALBERTA - Calgary's Suncor Energy and the Fort McKay First Nation have launched the Fort McKay Business Incubator (...
GOLD PROCESSING: Upgrades complete at Yellowjacket mill
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Modifications are complete and Prize Mining's 350-t/d Yellowjacket mill is processing a stockpil...
NICKEL MINING: Montcalm mothballed indefinitely
ONTARIO - Toronto-based Xstrata Nickel has decided to suspend mining indefinitely at its Montcalm nickel mine near ...
MOLYBDENUM MINING: Thompson Creek boosts 2009 production numbers
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Thompson Creek Metals of Toronto is planning a 10% molybdenum production and sales boost in 2009...
NICKEL MINING: Bucko mine reaches commercial milestone
MANITOBA - Crowflight Minerals of Toronto has declared commercial production at its wholly owned Bucko Lake nickel ...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: About face by Rio Tinto
The balance sheet at Rio Tinto of London, UK, was looking rather red last year, sporting a $US38-billion debt. And ...
COPPER DEVELOPMENT: Codelco teams up with Ecuador (June 10, 2009)
ECUADOR - The world's largest copper producer, Codelco of Chile, has signed a co-operation agreement to explore and...
IRON ORE STUDY: Roche Bay magnetite project carries US$1.1-billion price tag
NUNAVUT - Advanced Explorations of Toronto has completed a preliminary economic assessment of its Roche Bay magneti...
URANIUM EXPLORATION: Athabasca-style mineralization discovered in Guyana
GUYANA - U3O8 Corp. of Toronto has discovered an area of alteration consistent with unconformity-related uranium oc...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]