Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Anglo starts airborne EM at Aripuana
Partners Anglo American (AAUK-Q) and Karmin Exploration (YKA-V) have started an airborne electromagnetic survey over their Aripuana massive sulphide property in Brazil’s Mato Grosso del Norte state.Th…
Drill program expanded at Foy
Vancouver — Armed with new geophysical data, Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has increased the drill metres for its current program on the Foy nickel-copper-platinum-palladium property, near Sudbury, Ont.An …
Low commodity prices, high costs cast pall over 2000
Vancouver — The brutal combination of high costs and weak commodity prices translated into more mine closures than openings in the past year. Several companies were forced to suspend mining and devel…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (January 01, 2001)
78.53 (+1.42)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (January 01, 2001)
43.92 (+0.40)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 01, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 22/00 (change from Dec. 19 in brackets):Aluminium307250(+8325)Aluminium Alloy88200(-840)Copper348150(+9950)Lead…
Gold Funds (January 01, 2001)
Gold Funds as of Dec. 21 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.44$5.36Price$6.20$4.670Discount45.8012.90Value$81,298,000$90,658,056…
All flat on the western front
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange remained flat leading up to the Christmas holidays. For the 3-day report period ended Dec. 26, the Canadian Venture Exchange composite index was relatively unchan…
Int’l Annax cuts massive sulphides at Dairi
Vancouver — Drilling at the Dairi massive sulphide project in Indonesia has yielded more encouraging grades for International Annax Ventures (iax-v).Hole 44D, collared 3 km northwest of the Anjing Hi…
Correction (January 01, 2001)
In our Investment Commentary (T.N.M., Dec. 18/00), Glenn Brown of Haywood Securities was incorrectly identified as the author of an analyst’s report on Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V).The report was writte…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 01, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,350/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.70-14.25/lb.Copper: Comex March US$0.8625/lb.Indium: …