Placer sets record earnings in first Quarter
Vancouver Increased production and a higher realized gold price drove Placer Dome (PDG-T) to record earnings of U…
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Falconbridge extends Kidd grounding
With the zinc market showing no signs of recovery, Falconbridge (FL-T) has decided to extend by a month the previou…
Phelps Dodge trims losses (April 29, 2003)
Vancouver A change in the accounting of retirement benefits helped the world’s second largest copper producer nar…
Trading Summary (April 28, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange lagged behind the other major North American bourses edging up 26.97 points to 6,548.66…
Gold prices help quarter at Buenaventura (April 28, 2003)
Higher production and an improved gold price buoyed up the top line for Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) in the first thr…
Inmet takes over Teck’s Cerattepe
A deal between the Turkish subsidiaries of two Canadian mining companies will give Inmet Mining (IMN-T) control of…
Stillwater faces red ink; awaits regulatory nod
Vancouver – Timing is crucial in the metals market, a lesson not lost on Stillwater Mining (SWC-N). Less than 2 yea…
QGX cuts more oxide gold in Mongolia
A 15-hole drill program aimed at testing for strike extensions of the Central Valley zone of the Golden Hill prospe…
Spider, KWG table McFauld’s Lake results
Vancouver — Spider Resources (SPQ-V) and joint venture partner over the counter listed KWG Resources have receive…
Editorial Cartoon (April 28, 2003)
Base Metals: Look for opportunities
The following is the second of four instalments of The Commodity Refiner, published by London, U.K.-based Barclays Capital Research. This week we offer an overview of the base metals sector. Next week…
Southern Rio advances 3T’s property
Vanderhoof, British Columbia — Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) is intensifying exploration of the 3T’s low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver project in central British Columbia, 120 km southwest of …