Tantalum
Tantalum-bearing minerals are found predominantly in Australia, the tin belt of Southeast Asia, Brazil, Canada, and a few countries in central Africa. Resources also occur in parts of China and the fo…
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Dundee Precious Metals eyes producer status (March 01, 2004)
Not satisfied to watch from the sidelines, investment company Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T) plans to join the ranks of gold producers by developing two recent Bulgarian acquisitions itself.”The prima…
Silver Standard revs up drills in Mexico (March 01, 2004)
Drilling has expanded the Cordon Colorado zone and uncovered a new deposit at La Pitarrilla, a silver project near Durango in west-central Mexico.Vancouver-based Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) rece…
Coal mine becomes museum
A former mining colliery in Blaenavon, southeastern Wales, has reopened as a tourist attraction, nearly 20 years after a strike shut it down and following a 7.1-million (US$13.3-million) facelift.The…
Gold searching for support
London-based Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS) predicts gold prices will continue rallying during the first half of 2004, perhaps surpassing US$450 per oz. before the end of June. The consulting fir…
Northern Miner Indices (March 01, 2004)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Daily Metal Prices (March 01, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateFeb. 24Feb. 23Feb. 20Feb. 19Feb. 18Al Alloy1541/157…
Wheaton River on a roll
It doesn’t get much better than this — a 325% increase in production, a 66% reduction in cash costs, and a 600% reserve increase. And all in the space of a year.Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) produce…
Nickel, gold weigh on market
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P-TSX composite index dropped 112.81 points, or 1.3%, to end the Feb. 18-24 report period at 8,604.99. Much of the drop can be attributed to the fall of recent stars nic…
Diamond Fields resurfaces in Namibia
Shares in Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) shot up a dime, or about 15%, to 78 on Feb. 19, after the company announced an agreement with Samicor Mining Services that paves the way for a resumptio…
US Supreme Court sides with coal miners
The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to consider if the U.S. government improperly loosened rules for underground coal mining operations. Environmental groups had argued that 3,500 acres of nationa…
Dentonia acquires Atkinson gold project
A newly acquired land package in Ontario’s Abitibi greenstone belt should provide plenty of exploration targets for Dentonia Resources (DTA-V).In early February, the company received regulatory approv…