TVX Gold (TVX-T) has agreed to grant Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) a 2-year extension, to August 2003, for the payment of $4 million related to the acquisition of the Casa Berardi gold property in northwester…
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N45396641.8039.2739.50-0.90…
A growing number of economists agree that the U.S. dollar is over-valued, but that hasn’t stopped investors from shunning the euro, which dipped to fresh seven-month lows last week after the European …
Denver — Improved ore grades and record throughput at the Grasberg copper-gold operation in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, should propel Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) to a profitable second quarter….
Alcan is celebrating its centenary by donating the buildings where the first aluminium casting took place plus $1.1 million to La Cit de l’Energie, a non-profit corporation in Quebec, which has agree…
Fifteen geotechnical specialists and engineers from now-defunct BLM Engineering have joined Wardrop, an engineering and consulting firm based in Toronto.Wardrop had completed several projects with Sud…
The success of Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) Bulyanhulu mine has been a shot in the arm for junior companies exploring properties in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria district. The senior producer recently exercised …
The amount of newly refined platinum, palladium and rhodium entering the market is expected to rise sharply this year, owing mostly to expanded production at many South African operations.Meanwhile, t…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.8ComincoCLT-T4.9FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.0Homestake MiningHM-N6….
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,080/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.75/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.00-10.50/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.718/lb.Indium: In…
An agreement with BakBone Software allows International Freegold Mineral Development (ITF-T) to boost to 100% its interest in the Almaden gold project in Idaho.Freegold previously held a 60% stake in …
Low gold prices and dwindling reserves have put the kibosh on the Edwards gold mine in north-central Ontario, though River Gold Mines (RIV-T) says it may resume deep exploration once prices improve.In…
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