Spot Prices Wednesday April 2, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$330.25+0.65Silver$4.40+0.02Platinum$640.00-4.00P…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Brunswick employees ratify 3-year contract
Employees at the Brunswick lead-zinc smelter in Belledune, N.B., have voted 69% in favour of a 3-year collective agreement that contains no wage increases and will see the smelter shut down for four m…
People (April 07, 2003)
Diavik Diamond Mines — President and CEO Philip du Toit resigns.GoldSpring — John F. Cook appointed president; Les Cahan appointed treasurer.Magnum d’Or — Reno Calabrigo appointed pres…
The Northern Miner Indices (April 07, 2003)
North American Mining: 65.75 (+1.06)Small Producers: 56.80 (+2.38)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Exchange Rates (April 07, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateApril 1March 31March 28March 27March 26US$ in C$1.47261.46931.4678…
PGM Ltd. cuts UG-2 at Elandsfontein
Vancouver — Drilling at Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-V) Elandsfontein property in South Africa has intercepted the UG-2 platinum reef at shallow depths.Four drill holes cut the reef at depths of less …
Northern Miner Indices (April 07, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T19.5%CamecoCCO-T3.1%FalconbridgeFL-T4.0%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.7%Glamis GoldGLG-T3.3%GoldcorpG-T5.4%IncoN-T9.0%Meridian GoldMNG-T…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 07, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 1 (change from March 25 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1252775(-…
Producer and Dealer Prices (April 07, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,500/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.80/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.70/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.20-10.30/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7425/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$110/kg.Iridiu…
Daily Metal Prices (April 07, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateApril 1March 31March 28March 27March 26Al Alloy1461…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (April 07, 2003)
DateApril 1March 31March 28March 27March 26HighLowTSX Composite6335.126343.296379.486353.44…
Forty Years Ago – April 1963
Falco has record earningsLargely because of additional investment income as a result of the merger with Ventures, the devaluation of the Canadian dollar, and lower writeoffs, Falconbridge Nickel Mines…