In his recent economic statement, federal Finance Minister Paul Martin announced two measures designed to encourage investment in Canada’s junior exploration companies.The minister proposed a temporar…
The results of several engineering reports demonstrate the superiority of auto suspensions, closures and doors made from steel built with advanced manufacturing techniques.Studies performed by Stuttga…
The latest statistics on energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions show that the Canadian mining industry is improving its emissions performance.Data in a report released by the Canadian I…
Affiliated companies Teck (TEK-T) and Cominco (CLT-T) generated the most excitement in Alaska this past year by advancing their respective Pogo and Anarraaq deposits. Teck’s Pogo gold project, situate…
Vancouver-based Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) has added more than 100 million tonnes to the resource base of its Rosia Montana gold-silver project in west-central Romania.At a cutoff grade of 0.6% gram go…
/NOVEMBER 1950Steep Rock Iron Mines appears headed for a record-breaking year.With ore production averaging 9,000 tons per day over the past month, shipments for the year could exceed 1.2 million tons…
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While it awaits results from bulk sampling on the Victor kimberlite pipe in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) is anticipating the likelihood of performi…
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back 303.36 points, or 3%, to close at 10,393.07 for the report period ended Oct. 24, after a difficult previous week.Spot gold on the New York Mercantile Exch…
Canada’s junior exchange posted gains as all indices ended up in the black at the close of the report period Oct 18-24. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index added 45.48 points, or 1.4%, to it…
Powered by sustained high prices for nickel and copper, Inco (N-T) and Falconbridge (FL-T) both recorded large profits during the third quarter.Inco reported net earnings of US$79 million (US37 per f…
A combination of stronger oil prices, higher production and fewer taxes translated into improved third-quarter earnings for Sherritt International (S-T).Net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 …
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