Bema looks to far-eastern Russia
With the underperforming Refugio mine in Chile about to close, Bema Gold (BGO-T) is pinning its hopes on its 79%-owned, high-grade Julietta gold-silver deposit in far-eastern Russia. The underground p…
Bema Gold Corporation
Northern Miner Indices (May 21, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (May 14, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (May 07, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (April 30, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (April 23, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Crystallex drills at Lo Incredible
Gold exploration in Venezeula is a shadow of what it was in the late 1980s, but several juniors, including Crystallex International (KRY-T), remain active in the region.Crystallex recently secured con…
Northern Miner Indices (April 16, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
PDAC showcases global mining
Delegates attending the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto seemed more optimistic about their industry’s prospects, despite weakness in metal pri…
Correction (January 22, 2001)
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has placed the Cerro Casale gold-copper project on hold because of low gold prices. However, the major still holds the right to acquire a 51% stake in the Chilean project owned joi…
Low commodity prices, high costs cast pall over 2000
Vancouver — The brutal combination of high costs and weak commodity prices translated into more mine closures than openings in the past year. Several companies were forced to suspend mining and devel…
November mean month for gold mining
The brutal combination of high costs and weak prices has forced several companies to suspend mining and development activities at gold projects that aren’t robust enough to survive an industry downtur…