Chasm between copper, cobalt and nickel exploration success and future demand

State has approved controversial project but insisted on alternative route, could add further complications.

The Vancouver-based miner wants to form a major new copper producer.

Canada’s National Contact Point (NCP) said complains from an Alaskan group don't merit further examination, closing the file after only the initial assessment level of review.

The two firms are just the latest names in a long list of companies that includes major players such as Rio Tinto, interested in grabbing a stake in Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM).

"Back in March of this year we noted that the gold stocks could be following the path of recovery of housing stocks since their 2009 bottom."

In an alliance with International Mining and Dredging Holdings, the Canadian miner ran a bulk sampling program whose results "were extremely encouraging."

The company's new strategy includes a pre-feasibility study that envisions a high-grade underground mine and puts on hold development plans for the project’s larger open-pit deposit.

Some companies are good at takeovers. Rio Tinto Group isn't one of them.

With global diamond demand forecast to grow at approx 3.5% annually over next five years, a supply gap down the line seems inevitable if forecasts hold.