2001



Gold stocks buoyed by rising bullion price

U.S. markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 11-18, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 110.02 points (just over 1% of value) to a close of 9,998.39 on Dec. 18. The Standard & Poo…


Tax-loss selling hampers CDNX

Vancouver — Falling victim to tax-loss selling, Canada’s junior exchange lost ground on heavy volume. The S&P-CDNX composite index closed the week ended Dec. 18 down 21.8 points, or 2.2%, and closed …


LME Warehouse Levels (December 24, 2001)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 18/01 (change from Dec. 11 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium793075…



Daily Metal Prices (December 24, 2001)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateDec. 18Dec. 17Dec. 14Dec. 13Dec. 12Aluminium1339/13…


PEOPLE (December 24, 2001)

Alcan — Robert Ball appointed executive vp of value-added business and manufacturing systems; Cynthia Carroll appointed president, primary metal group; Michael Hanley appointed president, bauxite, al…


Mounting metals stocks cast pall over new year

Base metals continued to shed value during the report period Dec. 10-14 as the markets eased back following the technical rally of late November.Nickel was the big loser, shedding 8.1% of its average …


NAME CHANGES (December 24, 2001)

Century Gold (CNT-V) has changed its name to Novra Technologies (NVI-V) on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis.Visionary Mining (VIN-V) has changed its name to Nu-Vision Resource…


Link to US dollar has hurt Argentina

Events in Argentina, where the government is caught between devaluing the Argentine peso and turning entirely to the United States dollar as a currency, provide an object lesson in what bad monetary p…


TSM

Towards Sustainable Mining, or TSM, an initiative of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is built on the premise that mining can contribute to the sustainability of our communities in a way that m…


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