News Archive

March 2007
16 Mar 2007
EU approval for Zinifex and Umicore
Zinfex has received formal approval from the European Commission for the proposed merger of Zinifex...
15 Mar 2007
Freeport/PD merger gets shareholder go ahead
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) and Phelps Dodge Corporation have announced that the shareholders of...
14 Mar 2007
Massive trommel for Lumwana
Multotec Manufacturing has completed the largest trommel it has ever built, under an order it...
13 Mar 2007
Rosia Montana is well developed
The Independent Group of International Experts (IGIE) panel was convened in 2006 by the agreement...
12 Mar 2007
Chile’s Fraser Institute ranking tumbles
The headline news in this year’s Fraser Institute survey is the significant decline of Chile...
09 Mar 2007
Growth strategy in Morocco
Odyssey Resources has completed exclusivity agreements with two privately held Moroccan mining companies. These agreements...
09 Mar 2007
Environmental terrorism – exposing the shameful behaviour of certain anti mining NGOs
I was pleased to be able to see the documentary Mine Your Own Business...
08 Mar 2007
CAMEC acquires major Chinese cobalt plant
Central African Mining & Exploration (CAMEC) is to gain direct access to the Chinese economy...
07 Mar 2007
Tamaya and Iberian merge
Tamaya Resources, previously SMC Gold, and Iberian Resources have agreed to merge by means of...
06 Mar 2007
Three DMS plants for Alrosa
DRA received a $2 million order from the Russian diamond miner Alrosa for three modular...
05 Mar 2007
Global drilhole instrumentation services
Imdex has acquired Swedish based Flexit and this follows last year's acquisition of Reflex (also...
05 Mar 2007
Purchase of uranium mill and properties
Uranium One has entered into a definitive agreement with US Energy Corp and its affiliate,...