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MINERAL REVIEW AND FORECAST: BASE METALS; NICKEL

Demand for nickel in the Western World was flat which, in combination with increased production and higher exports from Russia, resulted in weak prices. Spot nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange…


A FOND FAREWELL (January 01, 1992)

Appropriately, it was in 1964, the year the Kidd Creek geophysical discovery exploded into public prominence, that Dr. Peter Hood created his first comprehensive review of the world of geophysical ins…


50 YEARS AGO (January 01, 1992)

FOREIGNERS PROMINENT AT KIRKLAND STRIKE The strike at Kirkland Lake is now in its seventh week. The financial assistance which was to have come in from sympathetic unionists has proven scanty. One pow…


PRODUCER PRICES (December 30, 1991)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US50.00-50.75 cents per lb. (Dec. 12, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-84 cents per lb. (Aug. 8, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$3.10-3.20 per lb. (Sep. 26, 1991). CAD…


St Andrew halts bond payments

Toronto-based St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) is suspending interest payments on $9.8-million worth of 5.75% Swiss convertible bonds, after reaching an agreement with bondholders recently. At a meeting in …


Ten new copper smelters planned

Plans for at least 10 new copper smelters worldwide are under consideration, reports the U.S. Bureau of Mines. But although big copper producers like Chile are expected to proceed with construction, C…


Vancouver Stock Exchange (December 30, 1991)

Despite a generally “grinchy” outlook as the year draws to a close, both the resource and composite indices managed to post small rebounds during our report period ended Dec. 23. The resource index ad…


Home Lake allows claims to expire

Home Lake Resources (CDN) will cease exploration on its two properties in Ontario and Quebec, after recent work failed to turn up any significant mineralization. At the Powell Lake property, 130 km we…


FREE MARKET (December 30, 1991)

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec 24 Dec 23 Dec 20 Dec 19 Dec 18 Copper NA 1149-1151 1168-1169 1185-1186 1183-1184…


Battle Mountain ups reserves at Jewel

Stepout drilling over the past year on the Crown Jewel property in northeastern Washington state has boosted preliminary estimates of reserves to 8.7 million tons grading 0.19 oz. gold per ton. The ne…


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