EDITORIAL — The nickel gauntlet — Oz dust
To hear the Aussies talk, the Northern Hemisphere is yesterday’s news in the nickel business. It’s all happening Down Under, where laterite producers are pushing hard to leave their northern competito…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Convention seeks ministers
Mining Millennium 2000, to be held March 5-10 in Toronto, will feature a forum in which foreign mining ministers and senior government officials meet to discuss globalization of the mining industry.Th…
GOLD FUNDS (August 23, 1999)
Gold Funds as of August 12, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.605.61Price$9.05$5…
METAL PRICES (August 23, 1999)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateAug. 17Aug. 16Aug. 13Aug. 12…
FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — PCs power platinum demand
Platinum’s principle electrical application continues to be hard disks for personal computers.During 1998, there was a further increase in the percentage of disks incorporating a platinum-cobalt layer…
Small Producers Index
67.22 (+3.73)
North American Mining Index
98.28 (+1.98)
Juniors focus on nickel exploration
With nickel prices rebounding to respectable levels, juniors are showing renewed interest in exploring for the base metal.Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) recently inked a joint-venture agreement with Inco (…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 23, 1999)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Aug.17/99 (change from Aug. 10 in brackets):MetalStocks (tonnes)Change…
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (August 23, 1999)
Date-1999Aug. 17Aug. 16Aug. 13Aug. 12Aug. 11HighLow…
EXCHANGE RATES (August 23, 1999)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateAug. 17Aug. 16Aug. 13Aug. 12Aug. 11…
SPOT PRICES (August 23, 1999)
Wednesday August 18, 1999Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$261.50+ $4.60Silver…