2001


Markets dive after terrorist attacks

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange was hovering around the 3000-mark before trading was halted on Sept. 11, shortly after horrendous terrorist attacks in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. The CD…


Starfield boosts West zone (September 17, 2001)

Vancouver — Undeterred by low copper and nickel prices, junior Starfield Resources (SRU-V) continues to extend the mineralization at the West zone on the Ferguson Lake nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM projec…


New zone found at Shelby (September 17, 2001)

Vancouver — Some 6.4 km northeast of the Powder Hill showing and only 12 km north of the Lac des les mine, New Millennium Metals (PGM-V) has uncovered a new platinum-palladium-gold zone on the Shelb…



LME Warehouse Levels (September 17, 2001)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 11/01 (change from Sept. 4 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium673650…


Producer and Dealer Prices (September 17, 2001)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$8.85-10.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.657/lb.


Metal Prices (September 17, 2001)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateSept. 11Sept. 10Sept. 7Sept. 6Sept. 5…


IMA tests Peruvian gold prospect

Junior IMA Exploration (IMR-V) has launched a 1,500-metre diamond drill program on a gold-enriched sulphide showing at its Rio Tabaconas property in northwestern Peru.The first pass of drilling will t…


LionOre Mining's Vice-President of Finance Ted Mayers (left) with Graftech President John Wetula, Mazarin President Jacques Bonneau, Mazarin mining consultant Marcel De Rouin and Mazarin geological consultant Pierre Poisson at the Lac Knife graphite deposit in northern Quebec.

Lac Knife at feasibility stage

Fermont, Que. — Industrial miner Mazarin (MAZ-T) and its American manufacturing partner Graftech are carrying out a feasibility study of the Lac Knife graphite deposit in the hopes that, within a few…



Antamina cuts forecasts

Vancouver — Some two months after shipping its first load of concentrate, due to falling metal prices the massive…


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