Mining equities fall to earth
The mining sector took a beating over the report period Oct. 13-19, even as the broader market settled only slightly. The TSX composite index fell 65.33 points to 8,720.53.
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Pacific Rim finito at La Calera
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White-Karry Mines disappeared in 1961
I have a certificate for 500 shares of White-Karry Gold Mines. Does the company still exist?
Migoro resource tops 1m oz. gold
Vancouver — The Migoro gold deposit in southwestern Kenya contains about 1.2 million oz., or 65% more than previously thought, according to an independent estimate.
Virginia improves Roberto
Diamond Fields buys marine mining vessel
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Fraudulent Fortune, part 1
The following is the first of two exclusive excerpts from Fraudulent Fortune, a fictional work privately published in 2003. The author is a geologist and staff writer with The Northern Miner. The 233-page paperback version costs $10 plus shipping…
Laurentian to offer natural resources PhD
Beginning in January 2005, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will offer students a doctorate degree in natural resources, with three fields of specialization: mining engineering; process engineering; and robotics, automation and advanced tec…
Amex launches gold index
The American Stock Exchange has started publishing the Amex Gold Miners Index under the ticker symbol gdm.
How to spell relief
At last month’s International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, Canada’s finance minister, Ralph Goodale, was one of the principal opponents of a plan floated by his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, to finance debt relief to poor countries th…
BHP active in Manitoba
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Freeport’s profits shrivel
The period ended Oct. 19 saw the broad market acclerate its decline of the previous week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Index tumbling 179.56 points to 9,897.62 and the S&P 500 index slipping another 18.61 points to 1,103.23.