Reko recalculated (January 23, 2006)
A new resource estimate from
BHP Billiton Canada Inc
Lumina hits wide gold zone in Expo drilling (January 23, 2006)
Vancouver — Follow-up drilling by
Fed comments bring sharp rise
Bets that the Federal Reserve Bank would limit the number of interest rate increases in the near term pushed equity markets south of the border to levels they hadn’t seen since 2001. The Dow Jones Ind…
Antofagasta in, BHP out at Reko Diq (January 16, 2006)
A deal between
Secondary diamond industry showing signs of life
The Northwest Territories’ secondary diamond sector has been struggling to compete ever since the first cutting and polishing centre opened in mid-1999, but there is renewed hope that the industry, or…
Only golds glitter in US market
U.S. equity markets weakened in the four trading days Dec. 27-30, with investors reacting to an inversion in the yield curve for government notes. Ten-year U.S. Treasuries closed the year showing a yi…
Royal Gold buying Kennecott royalties
Vancouver —
Sparton’s Lee Barker wrestles the Chinese dragon
An old-fashioned, Russian-built biplane takes off in a photo on the wall behind Lee Barker’s desk in his downtown Toronto office….
US market gains modest
Resource-related stocks were generally up in the pre-holiday trading period on American equity markets, though the broader market moved sideways. The Standard & Poors 500 index was up 8.74 points…
BHP Billiton takes kick at Agata nickel project
Vancouver — Surigao joint-venture partners
Golds weaken — a little
Stock markets south of the border moved sideways during the reporting period Dec. 13-19, despite generally positive economic news and a signal from the Federal Reserve Bank that it had finished with i…
Golds up in volatile market
Gold stocks were among the winners on U.S. equity markets during the trading period Dec. 6-12, as the broader market gyrated first in response to favourable economic statistics and later to another ri…