Quadra FNX Mining Ltd was a

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-based company that produced

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nickel Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...

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, and

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with operations in

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, and the

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. Quadra FNX Mining was created by a merger of Quadra Mining Ltd. and FNX Mining Company Inc. in 2010. The company was taken over by KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. in 2012.

Quadra history

Quadra Resources Ltd. was incorporated in Vancouver, British Columbia on 15 May, 2002. The Company changed its name from Quadra Resources Ltd. to Quadra Mining Ltd. on 9 January, 2003. On 8 April, 2004, Quadra Mining Ltd. completed an

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...

raising approximately $145 million. Quadra used a portion of the proceeds of the offering to acquire the interest in the

Robinson Mine The Robinson Mine is a porphyry copper deposit located at Ruth, White Pine County, Nevada, in the Egan Range, west of Ely. The mine comprises three large open pits: Liberty, Tripp-Veteran and Ruth. The ore is extracted using conventional surface ...

located near

Ely, Nevada Ely (, ) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. In 1906 copper was discovered. Ely's mining boom came later than ...

FNX history

FNX Mining Company Inc. was incorporated in

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on 26 June, 1984. A former

Inco Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and ...

geologist, Terry MacGibbon, took over the reins of FNX — then called Fort Knox Resources — in 1997 and renamed the company to FNX Mining Company Inc.

Merger and KGHM Takeover

On 23 March 2010, FNX Mining Company Inc. announced that it agreed to be acquired by Vancouver-based Quadra Mining, pending ratification by the shareholders of both companies. Quadra operates the Robinson and Carlota copper mines in the US, and the Franke copper mining in Chile. On 6 December 2011, Polish miner, KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. (World's 9th largest producer of copper) has agreed to buy Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. for approximately C$2.9 bn. Each shareholder of Quadra FNX Mining received C$15.00 for each commonly held share. The internal funds of KGHM was used to secure the purchase with hopes of an expedient return on investment; through current project in

and

. The takeover of Quadra by KGHM was completed on 5 March, 2012.

References

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External links

Archived Quadra FNX Website
Companies formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Gold mining companies of Canada Nickel mining companies of Canada Copper mining companies of Canada