AMC, Ford nix Stanwell deal
Australian Magnesium Corp. (AMC) and U.S. car giant Ford Motor Co. have scrapped a A$2-billion magnesium supply agreement.The agreement called for AMC to supply Ford with half the output from the part…
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Expatriate eyes Wolverine-Logan combo
Vancouver — In 2001 Expatriate Resources (exr-v) halted a 2-year effort to develop Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Kudz Ze Kayah deposit in the Yukon in combination with its 60%-owned Wolverine base metal fin…
Barrick trims costs at Bulyanhulu
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) is shuffling management at its Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania in an attempt to cut costs and improve performance.Ren Marion, previously the company’s head of business evaluatio…
Spot Prices Wednesday July 16, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$343.00-2.45Silver$4.67-0.07Platinum$685.00+20.00…
Producer and Dealer Prices (July 21, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,380/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.70/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$10.15-11.00/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.794/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$140/kg.Irid…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 21, 2003)
DateJuly 15July 14July 11July 10July 9HighLowTSX Composite7116.087115.987077.567071.54…
Convict admits to bombing Giant mine
Roger Warren, the man convicted of murder after an explosion at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., killed nine people in 1992, has admitted he acted alone and did not intend to kill anyone.Wa…
Rubicon drills in Red Lake
Junior Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has renewed drilling at the Rivard property in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.The 7,500-ft. program follows a first phase, completed earlier this year, which produced a best r…
Suit claims Barrick misled investors
Two U.S.-based law firms have launched a class-action suit against Barrick Gold (ABX-T) for allegedly misleading investors by forecasting higher earnings than the company delivered last year.Barrick, …
Australia aims to revive mining
Mining is Australia’s biggest export industry, and concerns are growing that it could suffer greatly as a result of a slump in exploration.In the past 10 years, annual exploration expenditures Down Un…
Base metals: higher with caution
(The following excerpt from The Commodity Refiner, a monthly publication of Barclays Capital Research, provides an overview of current base metals markets.)A comparison of actual base metals prices in…
Gabriel scraps $28m bought-deal financing
Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) has scrapped plans for a bought-deal offering of 10 million shares priced at $2.80 apiece.The move follows reports that Romania’s prime minister dismissed a positive governme…