Vancouver — Despite evidence of a weakening global economy dragging down demand for copper, diversified miner BHP Billiton (BHP-N) does not envisage further production cuts beyond 2002.”Today, we thi…
Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 60% stake in Global Consolidated Minerals’ Dome project, in the Red Lake mining camp in northern Ontario.To acquire its int…
Boliden’s Spanish subsidiary has filed a US$100-million lawsuit against Dragados y Construccines, a construction company, in connection with the failure of the tailings dam at Boliden’s Los Frailes m…
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Financial markets in Brazil were jittery after the first round of presidential elections gave Workers’ Party candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 46% of the vote, double that of his nearest rival, Jorg…
For the first time in several years, there’s some cautious optimism in Nevada’s precious metals industry.Even though gold prices averaged US$271 per oz. in 2001, versus US$279 in the two previous year…
Mary Rabbit, a noted geophysicist and historian with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, Va., has died. She was 87.Mrs. Rabbit (ne Collins) was born in 1915 in Boston, Mass., and grew up in …
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the American Geological Institute will develop a comprehensive DVD-based atlas of the world for use in American schools.The global USGS Geographic Information Sys…
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has decided not to act on an option to earn earn a 55% stake in Black Hawk Mining’s (BHK-T) exploration properties in Nicaragua.Newmont had already sunk US$1.5 million into expl…
Attracted by bargain prices, buyers outpaced sellers over the Oct. 9-15 report period to push the benchmark up 388.87 points. The TSX/S&P Composite Index finished the holiday-shortened week at 6,219.4…
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange failed to follow the major bourses higher as investors found little reason to buy speculative issues during the holiday-shortened report period ended Oct. 15. The…
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