Nelson Hogg
Nelson Hogg, former exploration manager of eastern Canada for Cleveland-based junior Hanna Mining, has died. He was 86.Hogg received his BSc degree from the University of Toronto in 1940 and enlisted …
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NRCan helps conference
Natural Resources Canada has contributed $50,000 to the Naturallia International Forum, to be held Oct. 29-31 in Rouyn-Noranda, Que. The event is designed to help firms broaden their natural-resource …
Legislation without compensation
After 10 years of effort, legislation protecting Canada’s endangered species is likely to become law this fall.Bill C-5 is to receive second reading by the Senate when Parliament reconvenes and, if ap…
Control system proposed for conflict diamonds
The European Commission has proposed fighting the trade in “conflict diamonds” by means of a strict control system.The new regulations target any company caught handling diamonds that fail to meet the…
Zambian miners protest lost wages
About 4,000 miners have burned buildings and marched on government offices in northern Zambia to protest lost wages.Some of the miners have not been paid in six months, and others, who had been laid o…
Spot Prices Wed. October 9, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeNickel$ 2.95-$0.11Lead$ 0.19 0.00Copper$ 0.65-$0.01…
Exchange Rates (October 14, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 8Oct. 7Oct. 4Oct. 3Oct. 2US$ in C$1.59291.59201.59421.5902…
LME Warehouse Levels (October 14, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 8 (change from Oct. 1 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium1282950(-71…
Golds slump in weak market
Dow 36,000 receded further into the distance over the report period Oct. 1-8, with the bellwether U.S. stock index plunging 437.30 points to finish at 7,501.49. But the gold stocks, which have been fe…
Anooraq rides bulk-tonnage prospects
Vancouver — The Bushveld igneous complex in South Africa has long been known to host high-grade platinum group metal (PGM) deposits, but in recent years the discovery of large, lower-grade prospects …
Heathgate co-operates with Australian inquiry
The operator of the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia has agreed to surrender an environmental impact report to a Senate inquiry investigating a mine spill that occurred in January 2002.Adelaid…
Wolfden, First Au eye Argosy
Vancouver — Partners Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) and First Au Strategies (FAV-V) are preparing to drill-test the once-productive Casummit gold property in the Red Lake mining camp of northern Ontario.T…