Alcan retargets Pechiney
Looking to cut costs and entrench itself in the aerospace supply industry, Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-…
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Placer opts out of Nyanzaga
Vancouver Placer Dome (PDG-T) has elected to drop the once promising Nyanzaga gold project in the Lake Victoria G…
Trading Summary (July 07, 2003)
Toronto’s diversified miners added 2.39 points, or nearly 2% of value, to end at 130.04 on Monday, helping the broa…
Editorial Cartoon (July 07, 2003)
National Mining Hall of Fame welcomes six inductees
Six pioneers of the American mining industry will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in Leadville, Colo., at a ceremony on Sept. 13.The six are George Argall, Jr., John Campion, James G…
The Northern Miner Indices (July 07, 2003)
North American Mining: 73.92 (+1.73)Small Producers: 71.22 (+1.71)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Northern Dynasty fast tracks Pebble
Vancouver — Armed with a $5-million financing, Hunter Dickinson-led junior Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V) is intensifying exploration efforts over the 89-sq.-km sulphide system on the Pebble gold-…
Anuri shows potential
Partial microdiamond results from core drilling on the Rockinghorse joint venture in the Coronation Gulf district of Nunavut continue to demonstrate the potential of the Anuri kimberlite.Operator Kenn…
Jewelry slump casts pall over gold market
(The following is from The Commodity Refiner, a monthly publication of Barclays Capital Research, and is concerned with gold and silver metals markets. Subsequent instalments will cover platinum group…
LME Warehouse Levels (July 07, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 1 (change from June 24 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1142200(+27…
Exchange Rates (July 07, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 1June 30June 27June 26June 25US$ in C$Holiday1.35531.34891.3…
Ashton finds 4-carat diamond (July 07, 2003)
While preparing to process a kimberlite breccia sample taken this past winter during mini-bulk sampling on the Renard 65 pipe in the Otish Mountains of Quebec, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) found a …