The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (September 24, 2001)
45.64 (+0.79)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
News
Bema’s Julietta proves an early bloomer
Vancouver-based Bema Gold (BGO-T) is putting the finishing touches on its 79%-owned high-grade Julietta gold-silver underground mine some two months ahead of schedule, The mine is in the Magadan regio…
FPO Production from Snap Lake project delayed until 2006
A depressed rough diamond market has given De Beers cause to push back production from the Snap Lake underground diamond project in Canada’s Far North until 2006, more than a year longer than was orig…
Caldera Resources nixes Bobbymia, Tabletop JVs
Australian diamond explorer Caldera Resources (CDR-T) and Vancouver-based oil-and-gas junior Dasher Energy (DHR-V) have both agreed to terminate their mutual agreement regarding the Bobbymia and Table…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, SEPTEMBER 12-18
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N1538032.5029.8030.20-3.60…
Spot Prices Wed. September 19, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$289.35+$9.85Silver$ 4.47+$0.25Platinum$490.00+$…
Northern Miner Indices (September 24, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 24, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 18/01 (change from Sept. 11 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium705075…
Gold Funds (September 24, 2001)
Gold Funds as of September 13, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.51$5.38Pr…
SouthernEra completes Messina financing (September 24, 2001)
Messina, a 70.4%-owned subsidiary of SouthernEra Resources, (SUF-T) has satisfied all conditions for a R345-million (US$40-million) loan to construct the Messina platinum-group-metals (PGMs) mine in S…
CDNX slides in wake of terrorist attacks
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its downward slump over the week ended Sept. 18. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index plunged 101.34 points, or 3.45%, to finish the week at 2,…
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 24, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.70/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.28/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.50-10.50/lb.Copper: Comex Dec US$0.657/lb.Indium: Indi…