TSX slips 1% during the Nov. 7-11 week
The TSX Composite Index slipped during the Nov. 7- 11 trading week to 12,276.85 points, down some 131 points or 1% from the week before.
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U.S. markets strengthen
Despite continued worries over Greek and Italian debt, U.S. companies have been reporting better-than-excepted third quarter results and that help to strengthen domestic markets for the Nov. 7-11 period. The Dow Jones was up 170 points to…
Colossus explores extended land package
The gold-platinum-palladium enriched Central Mineralised Zone at Colossus Minerals’ (CSI-T) Serra Palada project plunges gently southwestward away from the surface area that was historically mined out by artisanal miners in what became the…
Editorial: Oppenheimer out
The decisive, US$5-billion exit of the storied Oppenheimer family from its 40% controlling interest in De Beers brings to a close a century of history in the global diamond trade.
Letter to the editor: New Prosperity plan is environmentally sound: Taseko CEO
I read the editorial submission of Chief Marilyn Baptiste, of the Xeni Gwet’in band of the Tsilhqot’in National Government, in last week’s issue (TNM, Nov. 7-13, 2011). It purported to list eight reasons why Taseko Mines’ resubmitted…
Perseverance is the watchword at Canadian Zinc
Since Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) bought 100% of the Prairie Creek property in the 1990s, the company has invested more than $45 million and quadrupled the mineral resource. It has also advanced the zinc-silver-lead mine in the Northwest Territories…
Letters to the editor: Kudos for the balance
Thank you very much for running Chief Baptiste’s article. It was informative and as a subscriber, I appreciate your publication presenting both sides of the story. Your decision to be inclusive helped me decide to renew our subscription.
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Pretium’s Quartermain a gold bug all along
Many people often think of me as a silver-focused individual,” Pretium Resources (PVG-T) president and CEO Robert Quartermain told a crowd of around 150 in his opening remarks at a recent Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia…
Xstrata funds Raglan expansion
Raglan at Quebec’s northern limit in Nunavik is one of the world’s highest grading nickel mines. In August, Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata’s (XTA-L) global business units, approved a US$530-million extension project at that will develop the…
De Beers sale to shake up industry
Anglo American’s (AAL-L) agreement to pay $5.1 billion in cash for the Oppenheimer family’s 40% stake in De Beers will have a profound impact on the diamond industry, executives and analysts say.