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GOOD READ: The copper king who caused the 1907 Wall Street panic

Whip smart and devious, Frederick Heinze took advantage of the so-called apex law, a provision that allowed owners of a surface outcrop to mine it wherever it led.

Frik Els | September 23, 2012 | 5:03 pm

A lost world of junior mining opportunities

When Leily Omoumi, a gold analyst with Scotiabank in Toronto, turns her engineer's eye on a mining company, she can translate insight into profits for investors.

The Gold Report | September 22, 2012 | 5:00 pm

Copper extends 15% gain since August as market swings into huge deficit

First half market shortfall climbs to 292,000 tonnes as mine production grows just 2.4%.

Frik Els | September 21, 2012 | 7:10 pm

Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger

Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2012 | 3:42 pm

Oyu Tolgoi ready to lift the curtain, but someone has to turn on the lights

Rio Tinto’s flagship $5.2 billion copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia near the Chinese border – one of the biggest mining projects in the world – is practically ready to go, except for one “detail”: it needs power supply to kick-start operations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2012 | 1:57 pm

Taseko up 5% as investors bet Prosperity will be OK’d this time

Initial exploration activity in the vicinity of the Prosperity deposit date back to the early 1930s.

Frik Els | September 20, 2012 | 11:20 pm

Freeport asked to up Indonesian royalties to 10%

Freeport currently pays 3.5% for mining copper in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and 1% for gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2012 | 3:54 pm

Once again Canada leads worldwide mining M&A

Takeovers and mergers in the global mining sector has slowed radically this year as a result of lower commodity prices, but Canadian companies continue leading worldwide mergers and acquisitions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2012 | 3:16 pm

Nautilus Minerals plumbs new depths, comes up smelling of roses

Nautilus Minerals shot up 9.5% on Wednesday as investors digested the maiden mineral resource estimate for the company's polymetallic nodule project in 4-6km deep water in the central Pacific Ocean.

Frik Els | September 19, 2012 | 10:49 pm

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