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Gold Funds as of Dec. 23, 1999Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$13.81$5.70Price$8.3…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$290.65+$3.65Silver$ 5.19+$0.02…

Denver — Following Grupo Mexico’s takeover of Asarco, outgoing executives of the latter exercised options worth millions.Augustus Kinsolving, officer, exercised 70,300 options at US$14.44-27.88 per s…

Denver — It has been an eventful year for copper — one in which many changes occurred that will affect the industry for decades to come.Nineteen ninety-nine started where the previous year left off:…

Despite a host of closings and failures, American miners managed to chalk up several exploration discoveries and mine openings in 1999.Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) persevered through low gold prices, …

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 29/99 (change from Dec. 21 in brackets):Aluminium771925(+9075)…

During the Christmas-shortened report period ended Dec. 28, the Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time high of 11,476.71 points, climbing 276.17 points, or 2.5%. Consumer confidence is said to b…