Seven pioneers of North American mining have been welcomed into the U.S.-based National Mining Hall of Fame.Only one of the inductees, Stewart Wallace, is alive; the others will be honoured posthumous…
Vancouver — Mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has kicked off a $600,000 exploration program on the California and Surf properties, held jointly by Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Western Keltic Mines…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Weighed down by a sagging industrial products sector, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index slipped 164.04 points over the June 6-12 report period. The broad market ended the week at 8,094.78.Gold gain…
Deep drilling by Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) is testing for Devonian carbonate rocks below the Hollister deposit at the Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Ivanhoe is midway between two major opera…
Denver — The Cresson gold mine, part of the Cripple Creek & Victor joint venture, southwest of Colorado’s Pikes Peak, is producing ore at greater than its design capacity.Originally designed to crush…
Denver — In northern Nevada’s Carlin trend, Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has erected a buttress to support the south highwall at the Betze-Post mine, allowing underground miners at the Deep Post mine to ge…
Denver — The dramatic rise in electricity costs for mining operations in the western U.S. continues to threaten the industry. Blackouts are again keeping Californians in the dark, and deregulation go…
The Toronto Stock Exchange slipped a mild 6.81 points over the May 30-June 5 report period to end the week at 8,258.82.The yellow metal sank US$6.70 to land at a London fix of US$266.95 per oz. on the…
Goldstrike in Nevada’s Carlin trend is much more than Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) flagship gold operation; it’s a world-renowned mining camp that has produced more than 18.6 million oz. since operations be…
West African explorer Etruscan Resources (EET-T) is expanding its presence in that region by acquiring properties in Mali and Ivory Coast.The Malian acquisition is the Djelimangara exploration permit …
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
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