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Volume 97 Number 3 Mar 7 - 13, 2011
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Northgate updates resource at Kemess
Northgate Minerals (ngx-t, nxg-n) has boosted its indicated resource tonnes by 18% and its contained gold and copper by 10% and 9%, respectively, at its Kemess underground project in north-central British Columbia.
Coeur d’Alene hits sweet spot (March 11, 2011)
Despite a slight decline in annual production, Idaho-based Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) cashed in on climbing silver prices in 2010, recording record sales of US$515 million, a 72% increase over 2009 revenue. If precious metal prices…
Nyrstar’s meteoric rise as a miner
Born of two established metals companies as a pure smelting play in 2007, Brussels-listed Nyrstar has since grabbed a commanding position in the zinc supply chain with no signs of slowing down.