Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp will pay $81.25 million to acquire a 25% ownership in the Marathon PGM and copper project owned by Stillwater Mining.
AuRico Gold pulled the trigger on its Australian operations on Tuesday, selling the Stawell and Fosterville mines to Crocodile Gold Corp for up to $105 million.
The world's number three miner bought Alcan's business on the continent in 2007 for $38 billion. So far the $100 billion Anglo-Australian company has been forced to write off $18.2 billion of the purchase price.
Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) shed 5% on Wednesday on higher than usual trading volumes, after releasing an update on its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico.