The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (May 22, 2000)
53.18 (-1.61)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Gold Funds (May 22, 2000)
Gold Funds as of May 11, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.95$5.54Price$8.00…
Boliden (May 22, 2000)
Base metals markets showed further encouraging signs of responding to strong fundamentals during the report period May 8-12, with copper, nickel and zinc prices ending the week firmly. However, alumin…
Gold’s value in forensics
A laser beam shot at a gold surface reflects back a signal more than a million times stronger than other metals. This phenomenon, known as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), is now being used t…
Majors form online market
Fourteen of the world’s leading mining companies have joined forces to form an independent, global Internet-based marketplace for the procurement of materials and supplies.The venture is designed to b…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, May 10-16
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 8628 68.44 64.56 66.94 + 0.82…
Alcan closes Koralu deal
Alcan Aluminum has completed its acquisition of Aluminium of Korea (Koralu).The price tag was US$200 million in cash, with the understanding that Alcan will assume Koralu’s US$95-million debt.Koralu w…
BC rewards safety records
British Columbia Mines Minister Dan Miller recently presented safety awards to 16 mines at the 38th annual Safety Awards Banquet, held in Vancouver during Mining Week.For the second consecutive year, …
Nickel springs back as Inco strike nears
The May 10-16 report ended with a shadow being cast over the nickel market after workers at Inco’s Sudbury workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate.On May 16, union members handed th…
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MEETINGS (May 22, 2000)
May 23 Black Mountain — annual, specialMay 23 Cora Res. — annual, generalMay 23 Luzon — annualMay 23 Rubicon — annual, generalMay 23 Visionary…
Partners extend hinge at Hope Bay
Drilling by equal partners Cambiex Exploration (CBX-T) and Miramar Mining (MAE-T) at their Hope Bay gold project in northwestern Nunavut has doubled to 300 metres the strike length of the Hinge zone, …