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Coeur Mining, Inc. is a precious metals mining company listed on the Toronto and New York Stock exchanges. It operates four mines from Alaska to Bolivia and has royalty interests in a four other operating mines. It employs close to 1900 people and in 2012 it was the world’s 9th largest silver producer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Silver Institute's Top 20 Silver Producing Countries in 2012 )〕 In 2013 the company changed its name to Coeur Mining, Inc. from Coeur d’Alene Mines〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur Mining May 14, 2013 news release )〕 and moved its head office to Chicago, Illinois from Coeur d’Alene Idaho. ==History== Coeur Mining was formed in 1928 to mine silver in the Coeur d’Alene region of Idaho. The company was an important mine operator in northern Idaho for many decades and among others operated the Coeur d'Alene Silver Mine, the Coeur Mine and the Galena Mine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 10-K 1993 Annual Report )〕 Coeur sold its remaining assets in the region in July, 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 10-K 2006 Annual Report )〕 In the past 30 years, Coeur has acquired and operated mines in the US, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and New Zealand and has had operating interests in mines in Australia. It has also held investments in various exploration and mining companies. For a short while, it even manufactured hose, duct and metal tubing. A short history of some of the key mines operated by Coeur is outlined below.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Coeur d'Alene Mines )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 1994 10-K Annual Report )〕 〔 *1983: Coeur acquired Asarco’s operating lease on the Rochester Mine in Nevada. Production began in 1986 and the mine continues to operate in 2014.〔 *1987: Acquired a 50% interest in the Kensington Property in Alaska. The remaining 50% was purchased in 1995 and production commenced in 2010.〔 The mine continues to operate in 2014. *1990: Acquired the Fachinal property in Chile from a Chilean exploration company. The underground gold-silver Fachinal mine also known as the Cerro Bayo Mine was put into production in 1985〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 1995 10-K Annual Report )〕 and closed in 2008. The Cerro Bayo assets were sold in 2010 to Mandalay Resources Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 2010 10-K Annual Report )〕 *1991: Coeur acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Callahan Mining Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Companies Announce Merger - NY Times Archives )〕 This acquisition included the Galena Mine and the Flexaust Company, which manufactured flexible hose, duct and metal tubing. Coeur sold Flexaust in 1995.〔 *1993: Acquired an 80% operating interest in the Golden Cross Mine from Cyprus Gold New Zealand Limited. The mine is an underground and surface gold mine located near Waihi, New Zealand.〔 The mine was closed in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 1998 10-K Annual Report )〕 *1994: Coeur purchased controlling and operating interest in the underground gold-silver El Bronce Mine near Santiago Chile from Compania Minera El Bronce de Petorca.〔 The mine operated until 2001 when it was shut down and Coeur sold its interest in the project in 2002. *1995: Coeur and ASARCO placed their interests in northern Idaho mines (Coeur, Galena and Calday mines) into a new corporation, Silver Valley Resources Corporation.〔 The Coeur Mine was subsequently closed in 1998 and the Galena Mine continued to operate until 2006 when Coeur sold its interests in Silver Valley Resources to U.S. Silver Corporation.〔 *1999: Acquired the San Bartolome silver project in Bolivia from ASARCO. The San Bartolome Mine was put into production in 2008 and continues to operate in 2014.〔 *2002: Coeur acquired the Martha underground silver mine in Argentina from Yamana Resources Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 2002 10-K Annual Report )〕 Coeur operated the mine until September 2012 when it was shut down.〔 *2005: Acquired all of the silver production and reserves, up to 20 million payable ounces, contained at the Endeavor Mine in Australia as well as all of the silver production and reserves, up to 17.2 million payable ounces, at the Broken Hill Mine in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coeur d'Alene Mines 2005 10-K Annual Report )〕 *2007: Acquired the Palmarejo project from Bolnisi Gold NL and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation. The Palmarejo Mine was put into production in 2008 and continues to operate in 2014.〔 *2013: Established Coeur Capital, Inc. to hold royalties and strategic investments.〔http://www.coeur.com/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coeur Mining」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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