2004





Breakwater ends Q4 in black

Zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) enjoyed a fourth-quarter profit of $327,000, largely as a result of foreign-exchange gains.


BHP Billiton boosts nickel business (March 29, 2004)

Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel laterite deposit in Western Australia. The scheme also calls for a doubling of capacity at the Yabulu nickel refin…


Taylor to step aside

Placer Dome CEO Jay Taylor will retire at the end of September, ending a 5-year stint at the helm of the world’s sixth-largest gold producer.


China changing steel market

In 2003, world crude steel production reached a record high of 962 million tons. This year, the billion-ton production level will be eclipsed.


Pacific Rim aims to expand El Dorado

With the Denton-Rawhide gold-silver mine slated for closure next year, Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T) is forging ahead with plans to advance its wholly owned El Dorado gold project in El Salvador.


Some capital news Washington Agreement

It was good news for the gold industry that the European Central Bank and its member central banks, plus the Swiss and Swedish central banks, renewed the Central Bank Gold Agreement. It wasn’t, however, an enormous surprise.


Juniors eye prospects in Mongolia

Two unrelated junior companies from the eastern and western shores of Canada are heading to Mongolia to explore their newly acquired mineral properties.


Wayside clarifies scoping study

A review by the British Columbia Securities Commission has prompted International Wayside Gold Mines (IWA-V) to clarify previous technical disclosures relating to its Cow Mountain and Bonanza Ledge gold properties in the provinc…


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