April 13, 2011 Chinese group makes billion-dollar bet on B.C. coal: Globe A coal project in northeastern B.C. that is being developed by a Chinese consortium could produce up to 2 million tonnes of met coal annually for the next 30 years,…
April 13, 2011 The dark side of copper’s price surge Lured by rising copper prices, thieves are causing havoc for Europe’s railways as they steal copper cables that run alongside the tracks, […]
April 12, 2011 Mercator Minerals acquires Creston Moly Corp. for C$195 million Vancouver-based Mercator Minerals has acquired Creston Moly Corp. in a stock and cash deal amounting to C$195 million, Mercator announced Tuesday in a press release. Under the arrangement, Creston shareholders…
April 12, 2011 Update on regulatory approvals for Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines arrangement with Cliffs Natural Resources Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines announced that Cliffs Natural Resources has received approval under the Investment Canada Act for completion of the plan of arrangement pursuant to which Cliffs will acquire…
April 12, 2011 China’s Equinox play part of deeper strategy in Africa: Globe and Mail Rita Trichur, writing in Saturday's Globe and Mail, goes behind the headlines in discussing the $6.3 billion bid by China Minmetals to take over TSX-listed Equinox Minerals. The bid, Trichur…
April 12, 2011 Peru cancels Tia Maria copper mine project after protests: BBC The Peruvian government has cancelled a billion-dollar copper mining project near Arequipa, Peru, after clashes between police and protesters left three dead […]
April 12, 2011 Maudore Minerals reports exceptional gold intercept of 1,195 g/t at Comtois, Quebec Maudore Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:MAO) reported the highest drilling intercept ever obtained on the Comtois property, along with several other new high-grade gold assays and more broad near surface intervals from…
April 12, 2011 Thunder Mountain Gold signs exploration agreement with Newmont to advance the Trout Creek Project in Nevada Thunder Mountain entered into an agreement with Newmont to advance the company’s Trout Creek project in Nevada. The agreement allows Thunder Mountain to conduct exploration activities on Newmont’s land around…
April 12, 2011 Unstoppable silver? It looks like the silver price just won’t be stopped. Yesterday it surged by more than a dollar and breached the $42 […]
April 12, 2011 Run on silver has coin shops scrambling The real fireworks were in the silver price...as it was off like the proverbial rocket shortly after trading began in the Far East.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
