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….
Namibian Minerals Corporation
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….
Namibian crawls back from the abyss
Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has taken another step towards financial recovery by resuming marine diamond production off the coast of Namibia.The Ya Toivo, which supports the Nam2 mining system, resumed …
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….
Namco calls shareholders to a vote
Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) is a step closer to raising US$15 million, having inked marketing and financing contracts with the Leviev Group of Israel.The deals, aimed at preventing the company’s liquida…
Namco wards off liquidators
Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has raised US$9.4 million in a private placement and brokered a long-term marketing agreement to ward off bankruptcy.The company was forced to halt its marine diamond product…
TSE wipes brow after recent debacle
Easing its downward spiral of late, the broad market fell less than a point over the March 21-27 report period, to finish the week at 7,751.33.Even gold has regained its composure, trading unchanged a…
Diamond Fields, Trans Hex join forces in Namibia
Circumventing the need for financing, Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) has teamed up with South African miner Trans Hex Group to exploit the junior’s marine diamond property, off the coast of Nami…
Precious metals producers sputter as prices sag
Gold prices fell back into the low US$260s in London during the Feb. 28-March 6 report period following a mid-February rally that saw prices shoot up from US$256 to US$268 per oz.There was a dearth of…
Golds enjoy relief from usual slump
The plunging technology stocks led the Toronto Stock Exchange downward over the report period Feb. 21-27, even as most other sectors moved higher. The TSE 300 composite index lost 170.99 points, or 2….
Base metals survive sinking composite index
The Toronto Stock Exchange performed dismally during the report period Feb. 7-13, with the TSE 300 composite index sliding 359.27 points in five trading days and finishing at 8,942.13. The banks and t…
Golds tank again on price slide
The Toronto Stock Exchange was modestly higher over the trading period Jan. 24-30, avoiding the wild mood swings it had experienced in December, despite seeing relatively heavy trading. The TSE 300 co…