Trio soars on uranium power (September 14, 2004)
Shares in three junior explorers all shot higher on Sept. 14, after the trio unveiled some high-grade uranium value…
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Lake Shore triples Timmins Gold resource (September 14, 2004)
Vancouver – Since Lake Shore Gold (LSG-V) acquired an option on the Timmins Gold project in northeastern Ontario ju…
Cambior slides on Doyon news
Shares in Cambior were off 18, or nearly 5%, at $3.71 in late afternoon trading in Toronto on Sept. 13, after the…
Taseko moves rock at Gibraltar (September 13, 2004)
Vancouver – Preparation work by Taseko Mines (TKO-V) on its Gibraltar open-pit copper mine, located near Williams L…
Alcoa shares tumble (September 13, 2004)
Shares in Alcoa (AA-N) fell 7.5% to US$30.75 on Sept. 10 after the company warned that third-quarter earnings from…
Sudbury Contact passes gold assets to mothership
Shifting its attention to diamonds, Sudbury Contact Mines (SUD-T) is selling all its precious-metal assets for C$3.
More gold reserves at Chirano
Vancouver — An updated independent reserve estimate for
Commander cuts high-grade gold
Vancouver — Drilling on
Global hedge books trimmed for fourth consecutive Q
Vancouver — Approximately 3.9 million oz. were trimmed from gold producers’ hedge books in the 3-month period ended June 30, marking the fourth consecutive quarter in which the global hedge book moved away from hedging.
The Northern Miner Indices (September 13, 2004)
North American Mining: 106.71 (-1.75)…
Hybrid cars and cobalt
Improvements in hybrid-electric vehicle technology are expected to boost demand for cobalt-based batteries. This newly emerging demand, combined with increases in cobalt use for other types of rechargeable batteries, turbine engines and gas-to-liq…
Shore announces dividend-in-kind
With the Star diamond project in Saskatchewan taking centre-stage,