LME Warehouse Levels (March 01, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 24 (change from Feb. 17 in brackets):Aluminium1392875(-11500)Aluminium Alloy64840…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Gulf board pays fee to ousted president (March 01, 2004)
The board of Gulf International Minerals (GIM-T) plans to appoint a committee of independent directors to investigate a controversy involving its former president, Alastair Ralston-Saul.The company’s …
Hiccup at Bema’s Julietta mine
A warehouse fire has forced Bema Gold (BGO-T) to scale back mining and milling at the Julietta gold mine in Russia’s Far East.No one was hurt in the fire, which destroyed most of the operation’s spare…
Editorial Cartoon (March 01, 2004)
Copper, nickel prices robust; zinc firm but hesitant
We expect base metal prices to continue to perform strongly over the near term, even though we have already seen multi-year highs. We also believe the rising price cycle will turn after this year.In t…
De Beers, GGL confirm diamond-bearing nature of Doyle Sill
It took eight years, but De Beers Canada Exploration and GGL Diamond (GGL-V) finally returned to the Doyle Lake sill in 2003 after a federally appointed tribunal upheld an earlier 1996 decision awardi…
Spot Prices Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$401.45-12.45Silver$6.54 -0.10Platinum$858.00+1.00…
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 01, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,700/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.10/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.55/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$24-28/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$1.326/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$375/kg.Iridium: Mi…
Philippine gov’t seeks reversal
The government of the Philippines has requested that the country’s Supreme Court reverse its decision to curtail foreign investments in the mining sector.A court filing cited potential losses of more …
Exchange Rates (March 01, 2004)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateFeb. 24Feb. 23Feb. 20Feb. 19Feb. 18US$ in C$1.32801.33571.34401.3…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (March 01, 2004)
DateFeb. 24Feb. 23Feb. 20Feb. 19Feb. 18HighLowTSX Composite8604.99…
The Northern Miner Indices (March 01, 2004)
North American Mining: 108.72 (-2.28)Small Producers: 122.42 (-8.65)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…