June 23, 2011 Share buy-back plan receives regulatory approval – Teck The Diversified miner said Wednesday that regulators have approved a plan, that will take effect from June 27th, allowing the group to buy back as much as 6.9% of its…
June 22, 2011 Colibri reports more drill results at Ramard; 311 grams per tonne silver, 2% lead, and 3.4% zinc between 37 and 38 meters depth, plus multiple intervals of silver-lead-zinc. Colibri Resource Corporation reports final results from a 2400 meter drill program at the Ramard silver project, in Sonora, Mexico. The Ramard property consists of over 4000 hectares of mineral…
June 22, 2011 Connemara Mining – preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010 Good results continue to flow from drilling in the Stonepark region in Limerick
June 21, 2011 LME board struggles to reform metals warehousing logistics The board of the London Metal Exchange has been unable so far to reach agreement on a way to resolve aluminum access issues from warehouses owned by a unit of…
June 20, 2011 Alexco restarts mill at Bellekeno silver mine after 3-day power cut After three days without power, Alexco Resources (TSX: AXR) said that electricity is once again flowing and that it had re-started the mill at its Bellekeno silver-lead-zinc mine in the…
June 19, 2011 First decline in 2 years in Chinese car sales worries zinc market Reuters reports that zinc prices ended May slightly firmer, recovering from an early rout but the prospect of a sizeable supply surplus this year and next will continue to weigh…
June 17, 2011 Belgium’s Nyrstar makes friendly C$619mn all-cash bid for Canada’s Breakwater After talks began last September and no other offers materialized, Canadian zinc miner Breakwater Resources (TSX: BWR) announced early Wednesday that it had accepted Belgium based metals producer Nyrstar NV…
June 17, 2011 Baja says Boleo project on schedule Mining Weekly reported that Baja Mining’s (TSE:BAJ) copper/cobalt/zinc project in Mexico is progressing on schedule. The market news is quoted as saying: “The Boleo project is currently meeting its scheduled…
June 16, 2011 Gold Mining in Eritrea Gold miners are expanding their focus in Africa to the northeast of the continent, a region that in the past, was largely bypassed by gold explorers. Northeast Africa already has…
June 16, 2011 Heatherdale closes $9.3 million financing Heatherdale Resources announced that it has closed the previously announced non-brokered private placement of 11,314,255 units of its capital at a price of $0.83 per unit for gross cash proceeds…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
