Capstone copper output rises 11%

TSX-listed Capstone Mining on Thursday said it had increased production from its two operating mines by 11% during the first quarter ended March 31, producing 18.6-million pounds of copper in concentrates. Capstone, which operates the Cozamin...

Orbite rises on first trading day following Feb suspension

Shares in Orbite Aluminae, which hopes to produce the raw material used to make aluminium from clay deposits in Quebec, rose nearly 5% on Thursday, as regulators lifted a trading halt that had been in place since February 23. Autorite des marches...

Cash-gushing Silver Wheaton ogles bigger deals

Silver Wheaton, which announced a $550-million profit for 2011, will be looking to do streaming deals as big a $1-billion, CEO Randy Smallwood said on Friday. Companies, which sell future silver production at a set price to Silver Wheaton to fund...

South African ferrochrome in meltdown, urgent intervention needed

South Africa’s ferrochrome industry is speaking with one voice when it says that its in meltdown mode – but at least one trader is as vociferous that the proposed imposition of a temporary export tax will also cause economic hurt. It is the...

Company Announcement: Acquire Mine Waste Solutions from First Uranium Corporation

AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to acquire First Uranium (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) (“FUSA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto-based First Uranium Corporation (“FIUC”) and the owner of Mine Waste Solutions (“MWS”), a recently...

Palladium price to continue gaining ground on platinum

Supply constraints out of South Africa, the biggest platinum producer, coupled with shrinking palladium shipments from Russia, mean that the prices of the two metals will continue to move closer together, Stillwater Mining CEO Francis McAllister...

Company Announcement: Barker Updates on Exploratory Drilling on its Black Bear Project, Announces Tellurium Potential and Grants Options

Prince George, B.C., February 7, 2012 – Barker Minerals Ltd. (“BML” on TSX/V) (the “Company”) reports that leading up to the end of 2011 it prepared for, and began, exploration drilling in and around the high grade silver and gold...

20/01/2011 (On-The-Air)

The government is considering the creation of a Special Economic Zone to reap maximum benefit from South Africa’s unique position in platinum; South Africans are eyeing the Republic of Congo as a major iron-ore investment destination; and South...

Wits Gold hikes DBM gold and uranium resources

JSE-listed Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources (Wits Gold) has released a revised mineral resource model for the De Bron-Merriespruit (DBM) project, located in the Southern Free State goldfield. This follows the completion of an 11-hole...

Company Announcement: Positive Scoping Study Results from Tete Project

Baobab Resources is pleased to present a summary of the Scoping Study completed by independent consultants, Coffey Mining Pty Ltd, assessing the economic viability of the Company's Tete iron/vanadium/titanium Project in Mozambique.

Boulby mine, England

A potash mine situated in north-east England.

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