Northern Miner Indices (September 17, 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…
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Cyandide code being developed
A cyanide management code is being developed for the gold mining industry under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council on Metals and the Environm…
Long-awaited Viola MacMillan autobiography hits bookstores
From the Ground Up…
Metals give back August gains
After another poor week, base metals markets ended back at their recent lows and have now given back almost all of the gains made in August’s second half rally.Nickel has fared worst of all, cementing…
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
TSE down 5.5% in post-terror panic
The Toronto Stock Exchange, closing early Sept. 11 in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, slumped drastically in the day’s financial panic to cap a week of losses in which the TSE …
Obituary: Keith Glover
Keith Glover, a leading structural expert in the mining industry, has died. He was 55.Glover was born on June 5, 1946 in Manchester, England. He completed his bachelor’s degree later at nearby Leicest…
Valerie drills Walker Lane
A drill program by Valerie Gold (VLG-V) is testing the junior’s Walker Lane gold property in Nevada’s Mineral Cty.The project is situated on the productive east side of the Walker Lane mineralized tre…
Kerr headlines CIM luncheon
David Kerr, chairman and chief executive officer of Noranda, will be the featured speaker at the September luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), Toronto branch. He will re…
European and Central Asian projects struggle for profits, capital
Companies with mines and/or exploration projects in Europe are not having an easier time surviving the economic downturn than their North American counterparts.London-listed Navan Mining recently reta…
Drills turn at Victoria mine
Vancouver — Partners Celtic Minerals (CME-V) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) have launched a 2,500-metre drill program over the Victoria Mine, Sutherlands Pond and Hungry Hill base metal projects in central…
Drilling program tests South Legris property
Vancouver — Partners Canadian Golden Dragon Resources (CGG-V) and Platinum Group Metals (PTG-V) have pulled more platinum-palladium values from the Vande intrusive complex on the South Legris propert…