March 8, 2011 Another Canadian iron ore partnership in the works Closely following the CAD$4.9 billion Cliffs-Consolidated Thompson deal earlier this year, Canadian iron ore company New Millenium Capital Corp. has teamed up with Tata Steel Ltd. for a huge iron…
March 7, 2011 TMX exec pitches stock exchange merger to PDAC Merging the Toronto and London stock exchanges will give mining companies greater visibility and is necessary for the exchanges to be competitive, says a senior executive at TMX Group. Canadian…
March 7, 2011 Cat fight looms over Lundin Mining assets I've been predicting a cat fight over Lundin Mining's copper assets since HudBay's aborted takeover bid of the formerly cash-strapped miner in 2009.
March 7, 2011 Boart Longyear chief bullish on exploration The head of the world's largest and oldest drilling services company says spending on mineral exploration will hit a record pace in 2011 and grow even more in 2012. The…
March 7, 2011 Canadian gov’t to spend $25 million on exploration Reporting from the PDAC, The London Free Press says the federal government will spend $25 million on mineral exploration over the next five years in the hopes of driving more…
March 7, 2011 Gold settles 45.90 higher… ($1434.50) The Gold and Silver markets are reaping the benefits of the Libyan chaos and the rising price of Crude oil as a result.
March 7, 2011 More IPOs on the way, says E&Y Ernst & Young mining analyst Tom Whelan said he expects an "ultracompetitive M&A market" this year, Peter Koven writes in The Financial Post. Speaking at the PDAC conference, Whelan said…
March 7, 2011 Ridgemont Strikes MOU With Toquaht Nation of Vancouver Island, BC Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp. (TSX-V:RDG) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Toquaht Nation whereby the parties have agreed to an ongoing business relationship with respect to the…
March 7, 2011 A little understanding goes a long way As the world confronts one of the most critical periods of economic upheaval that it has ever seen, it is clear that our most influential economic stewards have absolutely no…
March 7, 2011 Schmidt’s gold thoughts Last week in the game of world monetary poker, the ECB raised the limit. Now the Federal Reserve will have to demonstrate it has what it takes to play poker…
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