2004


Blackstone, Falco hit high grade

Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V) and Sulfidmalm, a wholly owned unit of Falconbridge (FL-T), have drilled significant nickel on their Espedalen project in Norway.


Rock liner bursts on the scene

Falconbridge, 3M Canada and Sandvik Tamrock are developing a spray-on polymer liner to replace the awkward mesh wiring bolted into mine walls to prevent rock bursts.


Cornerstone, Falco team up in Labrador

Cornerstone Capital Resources (CGP-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) are teaming up to explore for nickel west of Inco‘s (N-T) Voisey’s Bay mine in Labrador.


Hats off to Placer Dome

Management of the Turquoise Ridge gold mine in Nevada is to be commended for implementing an underground compensation package that relies solely on hourly wages, with incentives tied to mine safety. Unlike most other underground mines in North Ame…



Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (September 27, 2004)


Terrence Podolsky

FNX, Dynatec honour Podolsky

The Sudbury Joint Venture has renamed its Norman nickel property the Podolsky property in honour of Terrence Podolsky, a geologist, senior mining executive and long-time director of FNX Mining (FNX-T), which owns 75% of the join…


OSC investigates Murray Pollitt

Veteran, Toronto-based mining executive Murray H. Pollitt has been issued a notice of hearing by the the Ontario Securities Commission alleging violations of the Ontario Securities Act.


Base metals looking better

Stock markets south of the border moved sideways over the trading period Sept. 15-21, with a quarter-point interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve making little impact on share prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off fractionally at…



Junior market hot on uranium

Junior miners had an upbeat week on the markets, with improvements in daily volumes over the Sept. 15-21 period. The average daily volume over the week was about 31 million shares, coupled with an S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gain of 12.5 over…


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