If 1997 was a year of scandals and promotional excesses that the mining industry would prefer to forget, 1998 will go down as the year of retribution, rebuilding and retrenchment — a year when even t…
To no one’s benefit except overseas nickel producers, the past year saw the Newfoundland government square off against Inco (N-T) in an increasingly bitter dispute over development of the Voisey’s Bay…
For the 1998 Teddy Bears’ picnic, the main course was probably the metals, which were swallowed whole by bearish market sentiment.The skittish precious metals market was kept on edge for much of the y…
With the euphoria of 1996 and early 1997 a distant memory, the mining industry was brought back down to earth in 1998 by the triple whammy of low metals prices, global economic weakness and investor a…
Gold Funds as of December 24, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$13.585.93Price$8.70…
In a vote that was important to the industry, the Montana ballot initiative to ban mining’s use of cyanide in the recovery of precious metal was passed by a 53% vote in favor.Unfortunately, there was …
Higher second-quarter production helped offset lower realized diamond prices for Namibian Minerals (NMR-T).The alluvial diamond producer cranked out 42,600 carats in the three months ended Nov. 30, co…
Cameco (CCO-T) owns 100% of the Key Lake and Rabbit Lake uranium operations, 84% of the McArthur River uranium project, and 49% of the Cigar Lake uranium project, all of which are in Saskatchewan.Owne…
Jan. 5, VigorJan. 6, ContikiJan. 6, GemstarJan. 6, WestwardJan. 8, CanacoJan. 8, ChannelJan. 8, GlobenetJan. 8, NevsunJan. 8, RondalJan. 8, RegentJan. 12, AfcanJan. 12, PinewoodJan. 12, SahelianJan. 1…
I would like a little data on U.S. Platinum Inc. Around June 1995, you featured a promising writeup on U.S. Platinum. I think the company was based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Your paper said it was dril…
Romarco Minerals (R-T) is halving the number of shares in a planned buyback program, owing to the devaluation of its holdings in Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) and Euro-Nevada Mining (EN-T).The…
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateDec. 29Dec. 28Dec. 25Dec. 24…
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