Golds drop on profit-taking
After several weeks of spectacular gains driven by higher bullion prices, U.S.-listed gold stocks retrenched over the report period that ended June 4.Newmont Mining fell 41 to US$31.56, AngloGold dro…
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Placer targets takeover of Aussie miner
Vancouver — Falling metal prices over the past few years may have initiated consolidation in the mining industry, but as the price of bullion rises to levels not seen since 1999, the wave of mergers …
BHP continues copper cuts
Vancouver — Responding to weak demand for copper, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) says it will extend production cuts at the Escondida and Tintaya operations in Chile and Peru, respectively.In November 2001, th…
Kennecott comes up empty at Jericho
Kennecott Canada Exploration unsuccessfully tested 20 exploration targets during spring drilling at Tahera’s (TAH-T) wholly owned Jericho diamond project in Nunavut.A number of kimberlite indicator mi…
Mining stocks survive broad market woes
The release of another cautious U.S. consumer report pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down 8.93 points, or 0.8%, during the holiday-shortened May 22-28 report period. Likewise, the Down Jones In…
Ivanhoe drives Mongolian exploration
Vancouver — After a decade of false starts, mineral exploration is finally gaining some traction in Mongolia.A vast highland country, Mongolia is land-locked between Russia to the north and China to …
Golds up in weaker US market
Generally gloomy economic news and weakness in the “new-economy” stocks brought the U.S. stock markets down over the report period May 15-21. The broadly based Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 17.4 po…
Ivanhoe hits more gold at Turquoise Hill
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has tabled encouraging drill results from the Central zone at its wholly owned Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) gold-copper project in southern Mongolia.Seven holes drill…
Low copper prices dent Codelco’s bottom line (May 20, 2002)
Vancouver — Low prices caused the world’s largest copper producer, Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), to suffer a 37% plunge in profits in the first quarter.The company, wholly owned …
Newmont starts year with loss
Fresh from acquiring Franco Nevada Mining and Normandy Mining, Newmont Mining ended the May 9-14 period down $1.17 to US$28.05 as the world’s number-one gold producer posted a first-quarter net loss o…
Archon hits snags while drilling in Lac de Gras
Drilling by Archon Minerals (ACS-V) in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has been halted following the testing of only one target.Archon had set about testing some 22 geophysical pipe-…
Nunavut’s potential
Nunavut is becoming known as an “under-explored” region with high mineral potential. The success of the Polaris and Nanisivik zinc mines and the reopening of the Lupin gold mine demonstrate the feasib…