Zambian miners protest lost wages
About 4,000 miners have burned buildings and marched on government offices in northern Zambia to protest lost wages.Some of the miners have not been paid in six months, and others, who had been laid o…
2002
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, OCTOBER 2-8
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeKinross GoldT193443.282.682.77-0.37…
Spot Prices Wed. October 9, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeNickel$ 2.95-$0.11Lead$ 0.19 0.00Copper$ 0.65-$0.01…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (October 14, 2002)
65.64 (-5.14)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Exchange Rates (October 14, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 8Oct. 7Oct. 4Oct. 3Oct. 2US$ in C$1.59291.59201.59421.5902…
LME Warehouse Levels (October 14, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 8 (change from Oct. 1 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium1282950(-71…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (October 14, 2002)
68.52 (-3.94)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Golds slump in weak market
Dow 36,000 receded further into the distance over the report period Oct. 1-8, with the bellwether U.S. stock index plunging 437.30 points to finish at 7,501.49. But the gold stocks, which have been fe…
Ashton, Soquem find eighth kimberlite
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem have wrapped-up a summer field season in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec with the discovery of an eighth kimberlitic body.Renard 8 was fou…
Anooraq rides bulk-tonnage prospects
Vancouver — The Bushveld igneous complex in South Africa has long been known to host high-grade platinum group metal (PGM) deposits, but in recent years the discovery of large, lower-grade prospects …
Heathgate co-operates with Australian inquiry
The operator of the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia has agreed to surrender an environmental impact report to a Senate inquiry investigating a mine spill that occurred in January 2002.Adelaid…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, OCTOBER 2-8
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeEcho Bay MinesT56131.711.401.42-0.21…