TSE Indices (May 15, 2000)
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Tiomin forges ahead at Kwale
Armed with a positive feasibility study, Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) is seeking financing for its Kwale heavy mineral sands project, on the coast of Kenya.According to South African-based LTA Process Eng…
EVENTS (May 15, 2000)
May 14-15 Transparency Int’l Canada & Banff Centre for Management — Conference: “Corruption Challenges in The National Market Place.” Banff Centre for Management, Banff, Alta. Tel: (416) 736-5195. Fa…
Timmins vows to save headframes
Gold mining and Shania Twain have put Timmins, Ont., on the map in mining and music circles. And yet while the beat goes on for the Timmins songstress, the city’s mining heritage is being eroded by pl…
Dow drops as gold edges higher
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 194.37 points, or 1.8%, during the report period ended May 9 to close at 10536.75.Spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange picked up…
Ken Snyder mine boosts Franco-Nevada to record year
The Ken Snyder gold mine in Nevada’s Midas district gave a major boost to the bottom line of Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.The Toronto-based company posted net ea…
MEETINGS (May 15, 2000)
May 15 Augusta — annual, generalMay 15 Ecstall Mining — annual, generalMay 15 Greystar — annual, generalMay 15 Huldra Silver — annualMay 15 Landore…
Gitennes eyes Nunavut, Peru
Armed with airborne geophysical data, the world’s second-largest copper producer, Phelps Dodge (PD-N), is set to launch an 8-to-10-hole drill program on the Nowyak gold-silver-zinc property in Canada’…
Carrington to speak at BC Mining Week
John Carrington, vice-chairman of Barrick Gold, will be the keynote speaker at Mining Week 2000, to be held May 7-14, in Vancouver, B.C.His presentation, titled Mining for the future: much to gain, mu…
Copper, nickel show life signs while gold remains in doldrums
The report period April 24-28 was an encouraging one for the main stars of the London Metal Exchange (LME).Despite more wobbles in both equity and bond markets, copper and nickel climbed away from rec…
Red Dog drives Cominco
Higher operating profits at the Red Dog mine and the Trail smelter allowed Cominco (CLT-T) to reduce its debt considerably in the first quarter.Cash flow during the 3-month period was $91 million (or …
NAME CHANGES (May 08, 2000)
Sand River Resources (SRL-V) has changed its name to Rio Fortuna Exploration (RFT-V) on a 1-new-for-7-old-share basis.