Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002
The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector for their top picks and opinions for the year ahead. This week we talked with John Kaiser, publisher of the Ka…
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Alcoa posts first quarterly loss in eight years
Alcoa was the first out of the blocks among the majors in 2002 with its quarterly financials, and the results were less than stellar.Suffering a special after tax-charge of US$241 million (US28 per s…
Majescor raises funds to explore in Quebec
With diamond fever gripping Quebec, Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) has raised $900,000 from two private placements brokered by Dundee Securities.The private placements grossed $500,000 from the sale of 83…
Otish Mountains diamond play heats up
Confirmation that two “kimberlitic” discoveries in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamondiferous has focused attention on the area.Prior to the Christmas holidays, Ashton Minin…
MAC cited for reporting standards
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has been cited for its high standards in reporting on the industry’s reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.The acknowledgment was made by the Ottawa-based …
Codelco defines copper cuts (January 07, 2002)
Vancouver — The world’s largest copper producer, Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), plans to cut production by 4% in 2002.The Chilean state-owned entity aims to trim 11,300 tons of pr…
Ivanhoe sparks excitement with Mongolian copper-gold find
Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia — Convinced that its Turquoise Hill copper-gold porphyry discovery in southern Mongolia has the tonnage potential to rival that of the huge Grasberg deposit in Indonesia, Robert …
Gold stocks buoyed by rising bullion price
U.S. markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 11-18, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 110.02 points (just over 1% of value) to a close of 9,998.39 on Dec. 18. The Standard & Poo…
Canabrava joins Majescor in Quebec (December 17, 2001)
Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) has agreed to earn a half-interest in the Mistassini project in the Otish Mountain region of Quebec.In return, the junior is required to spend $1.3 million on exploration ove…
Ivanhoe expands discovery zone at Turquoise Hill
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has released results from five holes on three contiguous mineralized zones at the Turquoise Hill project in southern Mongolia.Two holes were collared on the Discovery zone, a hig…
Copper-gold find sparks interest in Aussie markets
Australian-listed Minotaur Resources and partner BHP Billiton (BHP-N) have discovered what could be a significant Olympic Dam-style copper-gold deposit in the Mt. Woods area of South Australia.Minotau…
World’s largest copper mine slashes production by 10%
A serious fall in the demand for copper has caused BHP Billiton (BHP-N) to reduce production at the Escondida and Tintaya operations in South America by an estimated 170,000 tonnes on an annualized ba…