Ivanhoe cuts new zone at Turquoise Hill
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has three drill rigs headed to the Central Oyu zone on its Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) copper…
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TVX plans writedowns, share consolidation
Facing local protests and a rocky permitting road in Greece, TVX Gold (TVX-T) will take a charge of up to $250 mill…
Trading Summary (March 05, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange failed to extend two straight days of gains on Tuesday as the 300 Composite Index slippe…
Trading Summary (March 04, 2002)
The golds were alone in the red on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday dropping 115.66 points or 1.9% to 5,840.31.
South-Malartic boosts resource at Croinor (March 04, 2002)
Junior gold explorer South-Malartic Exploration (MSU-V) has once again raised the resource estimate for its Croinor…
Codelco opts out of Disputada bid (March 04, 2002)
Vancouver — With copper miners eyeing further production cuts, Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) h…
Anaconda squeezes Sherritt’s earnings (March 04, 2002)
A $23.4-million, fourth-quarter writedown related to its stake in problem-plagued Aussie nickel miner Anaconda Nick…
Patrician stakes land in N.W.T
Patrician Consolidated Gold Mines (PXC-V) has staked the 268-sq.-km Blackwater Lake property 550 km northwest of Ye…
Agnico-Eagle posts mixed results for ’01
As a result of the first full year of production at the expanded LaRonde mine in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) enjoyed solid operating results in 2001. However, the higher output did…
Kennecott provides metals for medals
The mining community shared in the glory at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, last month. That’s because the medals distributed were made of metals from the Kennecott Utah Copper …
Inmet inks Antamina put-call deal (March 04, 2002)
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has signed an agreement with Noranda (NRD-T) whereby either company can initiate the sale of Inmet’s 3.3% net proceeds interest in the Antamina zinc-copper mine in Peru.Inmet’s pu…
Mine in Uruguay helps Crystallex to record output
During 2001, Crystallex International (KRY-T) enjoyed its best year of gold production since beginning mining operations in 1995.From its mines in Uruguay and Venezuela, the company produced 109,000 o…