Barrick trims costs at Bulyanhulu
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) is shuffling management at its Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania in an attempt to cut costs and improve performance.Ren Marion, previously the company’s head of business evaluatio…
2003
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 21, 2003)
DateJuly 15July 14July 11July 10July 9HighLowTSX Composite7116.087115.987077.567071.54…
Convict admits to bombing Giant mine
Roger Warren, the man convicted of murder after an explosion at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., killed nine people in 1992, has admitted he acted alone and did not intend to kill anyone.Wa…
Rubicon drills in Red Lake
Junior Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has renewed drilling at the Rivard property in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.The 7,500-ft. program follows a first phase, completed earlier this year, which produced a best r…
Suit claims Barrick misled investors
Two U.S.-based law firms have launched a class-action suit against Barrick Gold (ABX-T) for allegedly misleading investors by forecasting higher earnings than the company delivered last year.Barrick, …
Australia aims to revive mining
Mining is Australia’s biggest export industry, and concerns are growing that it could suffer greatly as a result of a slump in exploration.In the past 10 years, annual exploration expenditures Down Un…
Base metals: higher with caution
(The following excerpt from The Commodity Refiner, a monthly publication of Barclays Capital Research, provides an overview of current base metals markets.)A comparison of actual base metals prices in…
LME Warehouse Levels (July 21, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 15 (change from July 8 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1250900(+73…
Suppliers Roundup (July 21, 2003)
Cat buys Terex truck businessCaterpillar will acquire Terex’s electric-drive mining truck business in exchange for the intellectual property rights to Caterpillar’s 5000-series mining shovel.Terex’s 8…
Exchange Rates (July 21, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 15July 14July 11July 10July 9US$ in C$1.39291.37391.37611.38…
WMC exits Canada
One of the most significant deals of the report period was the agreement to merge WMC Resources’ Canadian subsidiary WMC International with Canadian junior gold explorer Comaplex Minerals.Comaplex wil…
Daily Metal Prices (July 21, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJuly 15July 14July 11July 10July 9Al Alloy1385/1385…