The union support for Hudbay comes as the copper price has fallen 9.9% this month to $4.521 per lb. on the Comex exchange in New York on Friday from $5.0190 per lb. on April 1.

Vancouver — As part of the proposed reorganization of Misty Mountain Gold (MGL-V), junior Taseko Mines (TKO-V) has inked a deal to pick up the Harmony gold project in British Columbia.”This reorganiz… ...

KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has launched a four-continent search for lithium, the coveted metal used in batteries that power electric… ...

Yokogawa Electric, a Tokyo-headquartered electrical engineering and software company, is celebrating its 110 th anniversary this year (just like The Northern Miner!) with a new strategy to manage ...

Denver — In light of a successful 2000, Romios Gold (YRW-V) plans to resume drilling at the Scossa property, 6 miles southeast of the Rosebud mine in northern Nevada.The new campaign, budgeted at US$… ...

An agreement with Mirandor Exploration (MIG-M) sets the stage for Kinross Gold (K-T) to earn a 50% interest in the Railroad gold project in Nevada’s Carlin trend.To earn the interest from Mirandor, Ki ...

Denver, Colo. — On rising bullion prices and bullish market sentiment, the 2007 Denver Gold Forum saw strong numbers, with several hundred industry and financial executives attending the late Septemb… ...

Africa-focused Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) has postponed a scheduled sale of about 200,000 carats of diamonds from its Cullinan ...

Access to the raw materials of the new green economy is increasingly a high-stakes chess match along geopolitical lines dividing the East and the West. China controls access to the bulk of raw and ...

Commodities giant Anglo American (LON: AAL) has applied for exploration concessions for base metals in Angola. “We believe there is geological potential in Angola and have noted with interest the ...

When Jose Vizquerra was considering working full-time on exploration projects in Canada with Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK), the first thing he needed to know was whether he had the blessing of his ...

Preliminary results from an ongoing feasibility study on the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit are proving better than expected for Corner Bay Silver (BAY-T).Situated in Mexico's Sonora state, Alamo ...