NAME CHANGES (January 28, 2002)
Lom River Gold (LRG-V) has changed its name to Catalina Energy (CA-V) on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis.Dejour Mines (DEJ-V) has changed its name to Dejour Enterprises (DJR…
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Spot Prices Wed. January 23, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$281.60-$6.35Silver$ 4.30-$0.37Platinum$475.00-$…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 28, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 22 (change from Jan. 15 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium838375(+3…
Placer Dome awarded for AIDS project
Placer Dome has won a Development Marketplace Innovation award from the World Bank for a project aimed at helping mineworkers and their families cope with AIDS in southern Africa.The award was present…
Demand for salt rises
World salt consumption increased to an estimated 190-205 million tonnes in 2000 in response to higher demand in southeast Asia and other developing regions, according to London-based Roskill Informati…
San Nicolas production decision hinges on zinc
At long last, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has tabled a bankable feasibility study for the San Nicolas copper-zinc deposit in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas.However, since zinc will be the primary met…
Gold stages comeback
The price of gold has staged a strong comeback in this still-young year, rising from a brief dip under the US$130-per-oz. mark in mid-January to an afternoon fix of US$139.15 per oz. early in the mont…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JANUARY 16-22
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeNewmont Mng*N2050421.5020.0520.43-0.17…
Daily Metal Prices (January 28, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 22Jan. 21Jan. 18Jan. 17Jan. 16Aluminium1362/13…
Lending Rates (January 28, 2002)
as of 4 pm ET, Jan. 22, 2002(%)Bank of Canada2.25Canadian Prime3.75U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime4.75…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 28, 2002)
DateJan. 22Jan. 21Jan. 18Jan. 17Jan. 16HighLowTSE 3007559.297582.857604.797652.717584.02…
Franco, Normandy rise to the occasion, again
The biggest news over the Jan. 16-22 report period was the withdrawal of South African AngloGold from a battle with U.S. miner Newmont Mining for control of Normandy Mining.The 3-month-old w…