Gold Fields eyes Nunavut gold belt (February 17, 2003)
Vancouver Gold Fields (GFI-N) has inked a letter of intent with Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) paving the way fo…
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Curator to bid for Royal County
Vancouver Lundin-led International Curator Resources (IC-V) plans to make an offer to acquire all the shares of R…
PT Inco triples earnings despite constrained production
Higher nickel prices allowed Inco’s (N-T) 59%-owned Indonesian subsidiary PT Inco to triple its earnings in 2002 de…
Geomaque losses shrink in 2002 (February 17, 2003)
Though still deep in the red, Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) lost half as much in 2002 as in the previous year, than…
Brief encourages innovation
A brief submitted to Industry Canada in the fall of 2002 by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) promotes the mineral exploration industry as a leader in innovation and urges the …
Teamwork led to Kudz Ze Kayah
I would like to clarify some details in your article on the awarding of the “Spud” Huestis award by the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines (T.N.M., Jan. 20-26/03).The article says it was my c…
Grasberg’s success now pays dividends
Vancouver — A strong operating performance from the mighty Grasberg mine in Indonesia has prompted Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) to pay shareholders a dividend for the first time since 1998….
Aussie gold index adds five companies
Five Australian gold producers have been added to the Australian Gold Council/Macquarie Gold Index.Oxiana Resources, Sino Gold, Dalrymple Resources, Dominion Mining and the recently listed MPI Mines j…
Less land than stated
The Partnership for Public Lands was formed in 1997 as a joint effort of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Wilderness League, and World Wildlife Fun…
Downside risk restricted in lead and aluminum
Market deficit for copper deemed likelyThe following is the third in a series devoted to metals markets and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly report The Commodity Refiner. This week’s instalm…
LME Warehouse Levels (February 17, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 11 (change from Feb. 4 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1196200(+80…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (February 17, 2003)
74.95 (-1.82)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…