Spot Prices Wednesday August 13, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$356.00+3.35Silver$4.87-0.06Platinum$688.00+4.00P…
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Obituary: Robert William Boyle
Robert William Boyle, a renowned geochemist, author, lecturer, and member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83.Boyle was born on a farm near Wallaceburg, a small town in southweste…
Producer and Dealer Prices (August 18, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,300/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.70/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.95-10.30/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.7890/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$180/kg.Irid…
Ivanhoe looks to China to unlock Gobi treasure
The ever-growing Turquoise Hill copper-gold discovery, deep in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert, is on the doorstep of a country that now consumes more copper and more steel than any other region in the w…
Cobalt ftes centenary of silver discovery
More than 5,000 visitors recently converged on Cobalt, Ont., to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of silver there.As part of the celebrations, the Cobalt mining district was declared a national…
Castleworth drills Pan gold project
Vancouver — The first drill results from an ongoing program indicate an expansion of the resource at the Pan gold project in Nevada.Castleworth Ventures (WTH-V) has intersected encouraging values in …
Daily Metal Prices (August 18, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateAug. 12Aug. 11Aug. 8Aug. 7Aug. 6Al Alloy1380/1380…
Juniors advance Philippine projects
Vancouver — Despite an array of political and legal hurdles, a growing number of Canadian and Australian exploration companies are reporting progress at projects in the Philippines.Among the Canadian…
Yanzhou leads China’s coal miners
While most of this year’s top-performing miners on the New York Stock Exchange are familiar names to North Americans, there is one less well-known company that keeps popping up on the winners’ list: C…
Tiberon’s Nui Phao enters feasibility stage
Vancouver — Armed with $3 million in financing, Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T) is proceeding with a bankable feasibility study of its 70%-held Nui Phao tungsten project in Vietnam.Since 2000, the junior ha…
PNWC bullish at River Valley
Vancouver — Harry Barr-led Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has tabled further encouraging drill results from its River Valley platinum group metal property, 60 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.The pro…
Canpotex strikes Chinese potash deal (August 18, 2003)
The North American potash partnership Canpotex will supply Saskatchewan potash to China’s largest potash importer, China National Chemicals Import & Export Corporation (Sinochem).Under a memorandum of…