Inmet triples earnings on higher metal prices
Stronger metal prices and increased copper and zinc production helped Inmet Mining (IMN-T) more than triple its ear…
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Lower grades sink Richmont (April 29, 2004)
Lower gold grades and a stronger Canadian dollar pushed Richmont Mines (RIC-T) into the red to the tune of $1.1 mil…
Alcan to chop jobs (April 29, 2004)
Aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) will slash 277 jobs at the Paris headquarters of Pechiney, with which it recently merge…
Trading Summary (April 29, 2004)
Bargain hunters couldn’t keep the Toronto Stock Exchange out of the red on Thursday, but a 2.92-point loss to 8,231…
Gold resource nearly doubled at Yellowknife
Vancouver – Tyhee Development (TDC-V) has increased the gold resource on the Discovery Mine property at its Yellowk…
Teck’s Pogo stuck, Lennard Shelf revival planned
Construction work at Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Pogo gold project in Alaska has ground to a halt after an environmental…
Minefinders brings Dolores to feasibility (April 28, 2004)
Vancouver-based Minefinders (MLF-T) will release an updated resource calculation for the Dolores gold-silver proper…
Gold and silver recoveries rise at San Nicolas
Initial metallurgical test results on San Nicolas sulphide samples have significantly increased the gold and silver…
Trading Summary (April 28, 2004)
The Toronto Stock Exchange plummeted 248.65 points, or nearly 3%, to 8,286.37 on Wednesday, thanks to a double wham…
Alcan capitalizes on Pechiney takeover (April 27, 2004)
Alcan (AL-T) figures it can squeeze an additional US$110 million in savings out of its recent, multi-billion-dollar…
Ekati returns to normal levels
Production at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories has returned to levels of those reported a year a…
Revenue up, earnings down for Fording (April 27, 2004)
Calgary-based Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG-T), a continuation of predecessor Fording, posted net income of $10.