Falconbridge grounds Kidd for eight weeks (February 25, 2003)
Citing a poor zinc market, Falconbridge (FL-T) reports that it will extend to eight weeks the planned two-week main…
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Golden Phoenix plans attack at Borealis (February 25, 2003)
Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) has tabled plans for a three-pronged exploration program at its Borealis gold proj…
Trading Summary (February 24, 2003)
The bears had a firm grip on the bulls’ nose rings in trading on Monday, with the TSX Composite index off 56.33 poi…
McWatters extends reach in northwestern Quebec
Two transactions, one with Quebec mining enterprise SOQUEM and another with Barrick Gold (ABX-T) will give McWatter…
Canico releases Onca drill results
Vancouver — Canico Resource (CNI-V) has tabled results from the first 77 holes in the company’s ongoing drill prog…
FNX, Dynatec table McCreedy West resource (February 24, 2003)
With production scheduled to begin in weeks, partners FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have tabled resource es…
PT Inco triples earnings
Higher nickel prices allowed Inco’s (N-T) Indonesian subsidiary to triple its earnings in 2002 despite lower production numbers.PT Inco earned US$30.3 million (or US12 per share) for the year, on US$…
Editorial Cartoon (February 24, 2003)
CAMESE releases compendium
The Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export has released its seventh annual CAMESE Compendium of Canadian Mining Suppliers.The 164-page directory contains information on more …
Firm prices, fundamentals add value to nickel and tin markets
The following is the fourth in a series devoted to metals markets and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly report The Commodity Refiner. This week’s instalment looks at developments in nickel, t…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (February 24, 2003)
72.32 (-2.63)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (February 24, 2003)
84.63 (-4.78)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…