A survey shows that 18% of South African miners are infected with HIV-AIDS.The survey was conducted among workers at 26 South African mining and manufacturing companies, and 18 other companies based e…
Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) made a modest profit during the latest quarter of production at the Don Mario gold mine in eastern Bolivia.The mine entered production at the rate of 700 tonnes per day in July…
Stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange slumped in the last two trading days of the reporting period Feb. 18-24, leaving the S&P-TSX Venture composite index at 1,863.61 points, down 67.90 points or 3.5% of…
Take a walk around and it’s not hard to find someone that’s aware of the big change in the gold market; over the last three years gold has rebounded off a low of US$255.95 per oz. and the general publ…
Overall, 2003 proved to be a good year for the De Beers group of companies and the diamond industry as a whole.Rough diamond sales of US$5.52 billion by the Diamond Trading Co. (DTC), De Beers’ market…
The rich Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario bestowed its blessings on Goldcorp (G-T) for another year, generating record profits and yielding another million ounces of resources.The company’s …
Improved silver prices and a major restructuring program have put Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) in a position to advance two new mine projects to the feasibility stage.If all goes as planned, Coeur will…
Montreal-based junior explorer Mirabel Resources (RMB-V) plans to acquire privately owned Rocmec International.The two originally teamed to develop and exploit Rocmec’s thermal fragmentation technique…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 24 (change from Feb. 17 in brackets):Aluminium1392875(-11500)Aluminium Alloy64840…
The board of Gulf International Minerals (GIM-T) plans to appoint a committee of independent directors to investigate a controversy involving its former president, Alastair Ralston-Saul.The company’s …
A warehouse fire has forced Bema Gold (BGO-T) to scale back mining and milling at the Julietta gold mine in Russia’s Far East.No one was hurt in the fire, which destroyed most of the operation’s spare…
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