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De Beers farms out Arctic properties

In a bid to advance some of its non-core assets, De Beers Canada has optioned several properties in the Far North to a couple of juniors under separate deals.


Alcoa shines in U.S.

U.S. stock markets rose slightly over the period Aug. 25-31. The S&P 500 index was up eight points, or 0.73%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.74%, or 75.29 points, to close at 10,173.92 points.



Five die in Chilean mine

Five workers have died in an accident at Anglo American‘s (AAUK-Q) El Soldado copper mine in central Chile.


The aluminum beer bottle, produced jointly by Alcoa and Pittsburgh Brewing.

Aluminum beer bottles

Pittsburgh Brewing Co. and Alcoa have jointly developed an aluminum beer bottle. The announcement follows a history of innovation between the two companies, which led to the first pull-top can in 1962 — a major innovation in the beer and soft-dri…


Exploration spending Down Under

A telling picture of the state of play in the Australian resources sector was spelt out in Exploration Quarterly Review, published by Aegis Equities Research in its Blue Book series.



Calais a lucky find for Agincourt

Continuous production requires continuous re-invention . . . not to mention, just occasionally, stumbling across a massive new orebody.


Insider Trading (September 06, 2004)

The following insider trading transactions were reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the August 2004 issue of the OSC Bulletin:…


Canadian Arrow hits more Kelex nickel

Vancouver — Drilling by Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) on its Alexo project, 45 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., has encountered intersected significant nickel sulphide mineralization.


Newmont Mining's Ovacik open-pit gold mine in western Turkey. Newmont has deferred the proposed sale of the mine to Frontier Pacific Mining pending completion of certain permitting requirements.

Ovacik mine closed, sale on hold

Vancouver — Closure of Newmont Mining‘s (NEM-N) Ovacik gold mine in western Turkey has deferred the proposed sale of the mine to Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V).


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