Atna builds on Cerro Negro’s potential
Junior Atna Resources (atn-t) has an option to acquire the large Cerro Negro copper-oxide deposit in northern Chile from a Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (pd-n).The deal calls for Atna to make esc…
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Northern Miner Indices (March 18, 2002)
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…
Anglo boosts Amplats stake
The biggest news during the report period was Anglo American’s revelation that it had spent US$701 million last year increasing its stake in Anglo American Platinum to 59.6% from 50.1%. The strategic …
New wave of explorers seeks Olympic Dam-type deposits
A quarter-century after the Olympic Dam discovery in Australia left geologists struggling to classify the giant oddity they’d found, a new and better-informed wave of exploration for Olympic Dam-style…
Northern Miner Indices (March 11, 2002)
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…
Producers rise with yellow metal
Despite little substantive news from the bullion markets over the report period ended Feb. 25, gold prices still managed to stage a significant rally and closed up $5 to just under US$300 per oz.The U…
Northern Miner Indices (March 04, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Minin…
Northern Miner Indices (February 25, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
Northern Miner Indices (February 18, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
Kaiser thrown US$300m lifeline
Nosediving 50% to US35, Kaiser Aluminum won the flameout-of-the-week award by filing for bankruptcy protection and obtaining US$300 million in debtor-in-possession financing from the Bank of America….
Northern Miner Indices (February 11, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
Phelps Dodge ends dismal year (February 11, 2002)
Vancouver — Poor demand and weak prices plagued the balance sheet of the world’s second-largest copper producer in 2001.Phelps Dodge (PD-N) posted a fourth-quarter loss of US$78.3 million (or US$1 pe…