Phelps Dodge Corporation

Vancouver — Falling metal prices over the past few years may have initiated consolidation in the mining industry, but as the price of bullion rises to levels not seen since 1999, the wave of mergers …

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)BarrickABX-T21.9%CamecoCCO-T3.6%FalconbridgeFL-T4.7%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.7%GoldcorpG-T3.2%IncoN-T7.9%Meridian GoldMNG-T2.5%Newmont Minin…

The release of another cautious U.S. consumer report pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down 8.93 points, or 0.8%, during the holiday-shortened May 22-28 report period. Likewise, the Down Jones In…

ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeKinross GoldT207953.882.933.83+0.79…

ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAurado ExplT101820.420.230.39+0.18…

Generally gloomy economic news and weakness in the “new-economy” stocks brought the U.S. stock markets down over the report period May 15-21. The broadly based Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 17.4 po…

Allican — Denis Lampron appointed director and VP finance; Pierre Ouellet and Daniel Kerouac appointed directors.Aquiline — John Sutherland and David Constable appointed directors.Canabrava…

Fresh from acquiring Franco Nevada Mining and Normandy Mining, Newmont Mining ended the May 9-14 period down $1.17 to US$28.05 as the world’s number-one gold producer posted a first-quarter net loss o…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…

With gold prices firming up well above the US$300-per-oz. mark, investors in U.S.-traded gold stocks enjoyed another week of strong gains.Gold Fields shot up $1.70 to US$13.80 on heavy volume as the S…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…

ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT58177834.0030.7032.32+0.67…