Gold prices move up to new range
Gold bugs enjoyed an invigorating rally in the yellow metal over the May 16-22 report period, as the London gold price broke out of a long-held, sub-US$270-per-oz. range to spend a few hours above US$…
Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation Limited
Harvey, Lassonde win CIM awards
Yves Harvey, former president of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), received a distinguished service award at the recent CIM MineSpace conference in Quebec City.In addit…
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….
Gold companies show signs of life after auction
Gold staged a bit of a rally during the May 9-15 report period, as the yellow metal climbed US$3.90 to trade at US$269.10 per oz. in London on the morning of May 16.Amid the price rise, the Bank of En…
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….
Franco has banner year
For a company whose principal assets are unhedged gold royalties, Franco Nevada Mining (FN-T) had an unusually good year ended March 31.The Toronto-based royalty company turned a $113.4-million profit…
Golds picking up in quiet market
The report period ended May 1 was a quiet one for the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the TSE 300 composite index up fractionally at 7,946.33 points for a gain of 54.66 points, or 0.7% of value.What was …
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….
Base metal miners start year in the black
The April 18-24 report period saw Canada’s biggest base metal producers issue a string of relatively healthy first-quarter earnings reports.Inco announced it had earned US$85 million or US42 a share …
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….
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….