Blimpin’ your ride
Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…
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Antares, Mansfield hit best Rio Grande intercept yet (September 24, 2007)
Vancouver — Rio Grande project partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) got a recent market boost, following the release of some of the best drill results to…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 24, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 17, 2007 (change from Sept. 10 in brackets):
Kinross helps fund Queen’s professorship
Kinross Gold has partnered with the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University to establish the Kinross professorship in mining and sustainability.
Suppliers News (September 24, 2007)
ABB to supply mine winders
People (September 24, 2007)
Gammon Gold — Roberto Diaz resigned as president of Mexican operations. Diaz’s duties will be handled by executive VP and COO Dave Keough.
Glencairn reduces cyanide at Bellavista
Vancouver — Since the recent ground movement and subsequent suspension of operations at Glencairn Gold’s (GGG-T, GLE-X) Bellavista mine in Costa Rica, the company has been rinsing the heap-leach pads…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $717.70 +13.45 Silver $12.96 +0.39 Platinum $1299.00 +4.00 Palladium $334.00 +5.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $13.24 +0.82 Lead $1.44 +0.12 Copper $3.40…
Gold Fields, Orezone, wrap up Essakane feasibility
It will cost Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) and Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) about US$346.5 million to start churning out gold at their Essakane gold property, in the West African nation of Burkina Fa…
Daily Metal Prices (September 24, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 24, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,460/t.
Iberian buys Peruvian copper mine and secures $200 million to develop Aguas Tenidas
Vancouver – Iberian Minerals (IZN-V) took two steps towards its goal of becoming a mid-tier base metals producer …