May 16, 2012

BC mining industry earned extra $2 billion in 2011 on strength of coal, silver

The mining industry in British Columbia produced some healthy numbers in 2011, buoyed by high commodity prices and continued growth in mineral exploration, according to PwC’s annual BC Mining Survey.

May 15, 2012

Northern Dynasty confirms $107 million work program to prepare Pebble Project for permitting in 2012

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") (TSX: NDM; NYSE Amex: NAK) announces that the Board of Directors of Pebble Mines Corp., the general partner of the Pebble…

May 7, 2012

Canadian Inmet set to kick off construction at Cobre Panama

Inmet Mining Corporation (TSX:IMN) has launched a $1 billion senior unsecured notes offering as part of a total finance plan for the $6.18 billion copper/gold/molybdenum project Cobre Panama.

April 28, 2012

Teck files environmental assessment for Chilean project

Teck Resources' epic $5.6 billion Quebrada Blanca copper-molybdenum mine expansion has taken another step ahead.

April 24, 2012

Record revenues for Teck despite lower metals prices

Teck Resources fought against lower metals prices to post record revenues for the first quarter.

April 20, 2012

Avanti pops 20% after securing $640 million loan for moly mine

Avanti shares rose 20% Thursday after the Vancouver company secured $640 million in financing for its Kitsault molybdenum mine.

April 19, 2012

Thompson Creek Announces Completion of the Endako Mill Expansion Project and Preliminary First Quarter 2012 Production and Cash Cost Results

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (the "Company" or "Thompson Creek"), a growing, diversified, North American stage.mining.company, today announced the completion of the mill expansion project at the Endako mine.

March 29, 2012

ABB wins major grinding drive systems order for Cerro Verde expansion in Peru

ABB, a power and automation technology group was recently contracted to supply gearless mill drives (GMDs) for six ball mills and twin-drive systems for eight high pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs)…

March 27, 2012

Entree Gold upgrades and expands resources at Ann Mason

"With over 5 billion pounds of copper estimated at the indicated level and another 3.5 billion pounds estimated at the inferred level, Ann Mason should now be recognized as a…

March 27, 2012

Lumina steps-up drilling after step-out holes hit more copper, gold, moly in Argentina

Lumina copper hits its longest copper-gold-moly intercept to date and, more importantly, it sees significant mineralization in wide step-out drilling.