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Colorado-based Uranium Power has signed a deal with the Canadian subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) to pick up six uranium properties in northern Saskatchewan.The option deal will add 30,000 ha to Uran…

Succumbing to the pressures of low metal prices, Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has decided to cut copper production at three mines.The company will curtail production at two mines in New Mexico and one in Chile…

During the report period ended Oct. 27, the Dow Jones industrial average slowed its pace, having posted heavy gains in the previous week. The Dow slipped 139.81 points, or 1.6%, to close at 8,366.04.M…

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Another quarter-point drop in interest rates by the Federal Reserve bolstered the Dow Jones industrial average for the report period ended Oct. 20. The average climbed 567.71 points, or 7.2%, to close…

This week we introduce our own indices of market performance in the mining sector: The Northern Miner North American Mining Index and The Northern Miner Small Producers Index both of which can be foun…

Despite finishing the Sept. 29 report period on a downturn, western markets managed to hold on to some of the gains made earlier in the week. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index closed up 2.8…

With a dive of more than 200 points early in the report period of Sept.16-22, the Dow Jones Industrial average firmed up, showing three consecutive days of only modest gains and losses. The average st…

After a rocky report period (Sept. 9-15), the Dow Jones industrial average ended fractionally higher. The average dived during the first half of the period, losing several hundred points, only to reco…

In tough times for copper, big operations have to find refuge in low production costs. This is especially true of large porphyry copper projects, where low grades mean that big savings per tonne of or…

With $38 million in the till and an $8-million exploration budget, Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has decided to focus its efforts on the El Sauzal gold deposit in northern Mexico.The deposit forms part of th…