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Xstrata Zinc Enters Into Pact To Buy Canada Zinc Prospects

Xstrata Zinc Enters Into Pact To Buy Canada Zinc Prospects
(Source: Fox Business) Dow Jones )- Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) Thursday said it has agreed to buy the Hackett River and Wishbone Greenstone belt exploratory properties in Nunavut, Canada from Canada's Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (SBB.T). Full story

Strike widens at AngloPlat-Xstrata SAfrica JV

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday more employees have joined a four-week wage strike at the Anglo Platinum AMSJ.J and Xstrata XTA.L Matotolo joint venture mine in South Africa. The union said 520 workers joined in a secondary Full story

LSE preview: Barclays, Aquarius Platinum, Ferrexpo, Rio Tinto, Inmarsat, Smith and Nephew

The upcoming week will be very busy on the corporate front with numerous FTSE 350 companies set to report their interim results, including Hammerson (LON:HMSO), Next (LON:NXT), Cobham (LON:COB), Schroders (LON:SDR), Xstrata (LON:XTA), Old Mutual Full story

Xstrata to go ahead with $5.2bn Philippines project, despite risk of ban

A unit of global miner Xstrata (XTA.L: Quote) vowed on Friday to proceed with public discussions and technical studies on a $5.2 billion copper-gold project in the southern Philippines despite the risk of a ban on the venture. Manila has ambitious plans Full story

Xstrata completes $463m El Morro sale

XTA - Xstrata Latest Prices LONDON (SHARECAST) - Xstrata has completed the sale of its 70% interest in El Morro SCM, which owns the El Morro copper-gold project in north-central Chile. The miner will get $463m in cash from New Gold, which currently holds Full story

Morning news wrap: Randgold Resources, Xstrata, Vodafone, Oracle, Anglo American

In the FTSE 100, gold miner Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) said 2009 profits increased from US$47 million for the previous year to US$84.3 million as Q4 profit soared 185% year on year to US$38.7 million. Miner Xstrata (LSE: XTA) also reported on its full Full story

Production update a mixed bag for Xstrata

Global mining giant Xstrata (XTA) cranked up its coal production to record levels in 2009, but hit a stumbling block with its copper and gold output. The FTSE 100 (UKX) mining group posted an 11% rise in coal output during the year thanks to its Full story

Golden Deals: Barrick Goldcorp New Gold

Toronto based Barrick s deal to buy mining giant Xstrata PLC s (LSE:XTA) 70 per cent share of a lucrative Chilean copper gold project was scuttled by rival Goldcorp Inc (TSX:G) Canada s second largest gold producer. To secure the deal Goldcorp had Full story
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