Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. has entered into an amended agreement with Royal Gold Inc. to sell an additional 15% of the payable gold from Thompson Creek’s Mt. Milligan copper/gold project to Royal Gold for a total of $270 million, $112 million of which will be paid shortly after signing, the Denver-based firm said...
Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. has cut a deal with Xstrata Nickel to use Xstrata’s Craig mine shaft and related underground infrastructure to further develop and operate Quadra FNX’ Levack mine, including the Morrison deposit, in Sudbury Basin’s North Range in Ontario, it reported today. Quadra FNX said it expects that the use of Xstrata...
Teck Resources Ltd. said this morning that its would be investing C$210 million at its Trail metallurgical operations to significantly increase its capacity to recycle end-of-life electronic waste (e-waste) and another C$475 million in a mill modernization project at Highland Valley Copper. Both operations are in British Columbia. “These projects will improve the long-term...
Though British Columbia is a hotbed of mining and exploration activity, Copper Mountain is the first base metal mine to commence operations in province since 1998. Some 1,700 folks turned out for the official opening ceremony Aug. 18, Copper Mountain Mining Corp. said this morning. They were treated to a full day of mine...
In its second-quarter earnings report released late yesterday, Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. said a variety of factors were causing a delay in construction of the mill expansion at its Endako molybdenum mine near Fraser Lake, 100 miles northwest of Prince George, B.C. The mine is operated as a joint venture with Thompson Creek holding...
Seabridge Gold Inc. said today a new preliminary feasibility study on its huge KSM (Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell) project in northern British Columbia will cost $4.7 billion, but will be able to produce gold for as little as $105 per ounce during its first seven years of life. Mineral reserves have increased dramatically as well: gold is...
HudBay Minerals Inc. said this morning it expects to close its copper smelter in Flin Flon, Manitoba before July 1, 2010, and its copper refinery in White Pine, Michigan shortly thereafter. The financial impact of the smelter closure on the company will be minimal, it added, as the processing costs from the sale of...
Two diamonds from the De Beers Canada Victor mine — Ontario’s first diamond mine — have been installed in the Legislative Mace presented to parliament yesterday in a special ceremony in the Ontario Legislature. One diamond was cut and polished, while the other remained in its natural rough form. The Mace was scheduled to...
Suncor Energy Inc. and Petro-Canada, both major players in oil sands mining and refining, said today they have agreed to merge. The combined company, with about $C63 billion in combined assets, will operate as Suncor, but will maintain the Petro-Canada name is refined products. “This merger creates a made-in-Canada energy leader with the assets,...
