Alexco Resources profit falls on weak metal prices

Canadian miner Alexco Resource Corp's quarterly profit fell 62%, hurt by lower metal prices. First-quarter net income was C$1.3-million, or 2 Canadian cents per share, compared with C$3.4-million, or 6 Canadian cents per share, last year.

Alexco ramps up at Yukon mine after grid power restored

TSX- and Amex-listed miner Alexco Resource Corp has had grid power restored to its Bellekeno silver/lead/zinc mine, in the Yukon, and is ramping up mine and mill operations, CFO David Whittle said on Thursday. The event would not have a material...

Alexco hits commercial production at Yukon silver project

Vancouver-based Alexco Resource Corp has declared commercial production at its Bellekeno silver/lead/zinc mine in the Yukon territory, the firm reported on Thursday. Alexco started commissioning at the conventional flotation plant and underground...

Alexco commissions Bellekeno mill

Vancouver-based Alexco Resource Corp has begun producing silver/lead and zinc concentrates from its Bellekeno mine, in Canada's Yukon Territory, and is working on optimising recoveries and efficiencies, the firm said on Friday. The company...

Alexco gets pivotal permit for Yukon mine

Vancouver-based Alexco Resource Corp has been issued a quartz mining licence by the government of Yukon for its Bellekeno mine in the Canadian territory. The licence is the primary permit authorising Alexco to immediately begin mine development...

Alexco approves construction of Yukon silver/lead/zinc mine

Vancouver-based Alexco Resource Corp will start building its Bellekeno project, in the Keno Hill silver district of Canada's Yukon Territory, and plans to be in full production by the third quarter of 2010, the company announced on Wednesday....

Silver Wheaton to buy 25% of silver output from Yukon prospect

Vancouver-based Silver Wheaton has snapped up another silver stream, with an agreement to buy 25% of the payable silver produced at Alexco Resource Corp's Keno Hill project, in Canada's Yukon Territory. Silver Wheaton will pay $50-million...