Lisheen has eyes smiling
The recently opened Lisheen mine in southern Ireland does not contain a pot o’ gold, but there’s no shortage of zinc.The world’s fifth-largest producer of zinc and lead is an equal joint venture betwe…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Dia Met finds new leader
The long search for a new president for Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) is over; James Rothwell will take the reins in mid-August, two weeks prior to the company’s annual meeting.James Eccott, who has been p…
PEOPLE (July 03, 2000)
Boliden — Thomas Cederborg appointed executive vp and chief operating officer.Cabo — Stanley Feinerman appointed director.Cathedral — Mark Bentsen, Herman Hartley, Donald Sabo appointe…
Rio Tinto bids for Australia’s North Ltd.
British mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has launched a hostile US$1.7-billion takeover bid for diversified Australian miner North Limited.Rio Tinto is offering A$3.80 in cash per North share, with the …
Base metals show gains in week of volatile trading
The Toronto Stock Exchange was quiet over the report period June 21-27, with the TSE 300 composite index sliding 74.37 points to close at 10,165.51, a modest loss of 0.7% of value. Still, the mining s…
Positive feasibility for EuroZinc’s Aljustrel
Vancouver-based junior EuroZinc Mining (EZM-V) has a positive feasibility study in hand for its Aljustrel zinc-copper-lead project in southern Portugal.The study, prepared by Steffen, Robertson & Kirs…
Newmont to merge with Battle Mountain
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has inked a deal to acquire Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N), representing the second major merger in the gold mining industry in the past two weeks.Only days earlier, Toronto-based…
Gold Funds (June 26, 2000)
Gold Funds as of June 15, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.06$5.62Price$7.4…
New study green-lights Tahera’s Jericho project
Toronto-based Tahera (TAH-T) intends to advance its Jericho diamond project to commercial production now that a feasibility study has indicated that the far-northern project is economic.The Jericho pr…
DIAND not doing its job
My name is Larry. I am not a productive, useful Canadian, though I would like to be.I live in northern Canada — the largest part of Canada and its least-populated. We should be able to produce the mo…
African forum to boost investment
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the European Union are organizing the SADC-EU Mining Investment Forum, slated for Oct 10-13 in Lusaka, Zambia.In recent years, the 14 member-nation…
Spot Prices – Wed. June 21, 2000
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$286.60+$0.55Silver$ 5.02+$0.02…