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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 19/00 (change from Dec. 12 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium298925(…

America Mineral Fields (AMZ-T) reports that Zinc Corp. of South Africa (Zincor) intends to exercise its option at the dormant Kipushi zinc-copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Under an agre…

43.52 (-3.2)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

Gold Funds as of Dec. 14 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.38$5.34Price$6.30$4.550Discount44.64…

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Denver — Hecla Mining (HL-N) has agreed to sell its ball clay and kaolin division to Toronto’s Zemex (ZMX-T) for US$68 million.The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based miner will use the proceeds to pay down b…

Placer Dome (PDG-T) is gearing up to explore the 40-sq.-km Madsen gold project in Red Lake, Ont.The major, which operates the nearby Campbell gold mine, can earn a 55% interest from Claude Resources (…

It has been a while, but gold lived up to its reputation as a safe haven during the Dec. 13-19 report period, as a weakening U.S. dollar prompted gold-buying overseas.The buying came amid the U.S. Fed…

DateDec. 19Dec. 18Dec. 15Dec. 14Dec. 13HighLowTSE 3008886.179008.639020.049069.389098.12…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,350/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.70-15.50/lb.Copper: Comex March US$0.8695/lb.Indium: …

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$270.20+$0.25Silver$ 4.61-$0.04Platinum$603.00-$1…

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateDec. 19Dec. 18Dec. 15Dec. 14Dec. 13Aluminium1602.50…