Teck, Westshore in Fording deal
Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has emerged as a white knight in Fording’s (FDG-T) battle to fend off a hostile bid by the Sherritt Coal Partnership II.Teck Cominco is joining forces with Westshore Terminals Inc…
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Producer and Dealer Prices (December 09, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,670/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.55/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.30-6.60/lb.Copper: Comex Mar US$0.7615/lb.
Northern Miner Indices (December 09, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T21.9%FalconbridgeFL-T4.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.0%GoldcorpG-T5.2%IncoN-T7.7%Meridian GoldMNG-T4.7%Newmont MiningNEM-N24.8%Noranda…
Trading Summary (December 06, 2002)
After opening lower the Toronto Stock Exchange climbed steadily over the day to end 35.23 points higher at 6,577.2…
Cumberland tests North Portage
Drilling at the north end of the preliminary pit design on the North Portage open pit deposit has cut higher gold g…
St. Jude adds $3.2 million to the till
Vancouver With the price of gold showing renewed signs of life, the timing could not be better for St Jude Resour…
Cameco ups dividend
For the first time since going public more than a decade ago, uranium miner Cameco (CCO-T) announced on Friday that…
Trading Summary (December 05, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange ended 68.39 points lower at 6,541.97 on Thursday. The gold index led five advancing subi…
Inco reviewing its plans for Goro
Facing sudden significant cost overruns, Inco (N-T) will be reviewing its Goro laterite nickel project in New Caled…
Namco shuts down subsids
Unable to strike a deal with its bankers and principal lenders for additional funding, marine diamond miner Namibia…
Starfield eyes low sulphide horizon
Vancouver – The initial results from an 11-hole delineation drill program on the West zone has confirmed that a low…
BHP Billiton drops Portage
After a summer of magnetic surveying and collecting more than 200 glacial sediment samples, operator BHP Billiton D…