May 4, 2011 Northam Platinum sells Booysendal South mineral rights to Aquarius South Africa's Northam Platinum (NHMJ.J: Quote) said on Wednesday it would sell part of the mineral rights for its Booysendal property to Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L: Quote) for 1.2 billion rand…
May 4, 2011 Xstrata reports 6% drop in Q1 copper output Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata (XTA.L: Quote) reported a 6 percent decline in copper output in the first quarter due to severe weather conditions at its Collahuasi mine in Chile and lower…
May 4, 2011 Alexco releases initial production results for Bellekeno Mine; On track for 2011 silver production of 2.8 million ounces Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE Amex:AXU) today reported the first full quarter production results from its newly commissioned Bellekeno mine and mill in the Keno Hill Silver District, Yukon. First Quarter…
May 4, 2011 Serengeti brings Freeport onboard to hunt copper-gold near Mt. Milligan Small B.C.-based junior Serengeti Resources (TSX-V: SIR) signed on a sizeable partner to explore territory thick in prospective copper-gold porphyries. Mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) inked…
May 3, 2011 Partnership budgets $91mn for prefeasibility study of ginormous Pebble Project The Pebble Partnership has approved US$91 million of program expenditures this year with the objective of completing a prefeasibility study next year, which will lead to the beginning of permitting…
May 3, 2011 India’s Nalco has raised its domestic aluminium products prices Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has raised the domestic prices of its aluminium products by 4,000 rupees ($90) per tonne, except for rolled products, a senior company official…
May 3, 2011 Seabridge adds 15-year minelife, $1.3B cost to massive KSM copper-gold project In an updated prefeasibility study of its proposed KSM mega-mine, Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) makes major additions to the cost, size, and operating plan of its flagship project in northwestern…
May 2, 2011 Three Cs Going Crazy in Commodities With silver spiraling out of control, it's worth checking in on some of the other commodities. Indeed the agricultural or soft commodities have, as a group, been surging in recent…
May 2, 2011 Greystar releases positive scoping study for Angostura underground operation Greystar Resources Ltd. (TSX:GSL)(AIM:GSL) is pleased to announce receipt of a positive scoping stage Preliminary Assessment under National Instrument 43-101 ("Scoping Study") for an underground only operation at its 100%-owned…
May 2, 2011 China’s Jinchuan silent on media reports regarding Lundin Mining bid No word yet from China's Jinchuan Group as to whether the company is officially in the market for Canada's Lundin Mining. Canadian media reports claim a consortium headed by Jinchuan,…
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