The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 112 points (or 1.3%) during the report period ended Aug. 25, closing at 8,602.65.Slumping commodity prices, particularly for copper, continued their downward pres…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,328, alloy US$1,142 per tonne (Aug. 25/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,250 per tonne (Aug. 25/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.50 per lb. (Aug. …
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Aug. 24/98 (change from Aug. 17 in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…
Unlisted Diamond Fields International will use part of a US$3-million financing to conduct a sampling program at its diamond concessions in Namibia.The work will be financed with proceeds from a priva…
Operator Lytton Minerals (LTL-T) and partner New Indigo Resources (NDR-A) are hoping to enhance the potential of their Jericho diamond project in the Northwest Territories.A summer exploration program…
Vancouver-based Electra Mining (ELT-V) plans to carry out a bulk-sample test of gold-bearing tailings owned by its subsidiary near Baie Verte, Nfld.The junior agreed to pay Ming Minerals, a 70%-owned …
The development of the Ruby Hill gold mine in central Nevada has been nothing if not speedy. Homestake Mining (HM-N) went from initial permitting in early 1995 to government approval in less than 24 m…
Aber Resources (ABZ-T) and Diavik Diamond Mines, a division of Rio Tinto (RTP-N), have tabled an updated resource estimate for the Diavik project, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The resource, …
Junior Millstream Mines (MLSM-C) reports that a newly drilled deep hole at its Potter property near Matheson, Ont., has confirmed the continuity of a copper-zinc-cobalt zone.Hole 98-6 intersected two …
Aber ResourcesAmbrex MiningAur ResourcesBHPBMR GoldBolidenBreakwater MiningCaledonia MiningCanreos MineralsChina Clipper Gold MinesCogema ResourcesCondor International ResourcesCornucopia ResourcesCry…
Though still in the red, First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T) managed to improve its bottom line in the first half of the year.The Singapore-based company lost US$4.5 million in the 6-month period ended June 3…
First Australia and Indonesia, then New Caledonia, and now China. The list of countries vying to lure North American companies to explore and develop nickel deposits continues to grow, adding to fears…
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