Blasting triggers fatal landslide
A landslide apparently triggered by indiscriminate mining and blasting recently left at least 78 people dead and 44 hurt, according to a UPI story of a Press Trust of India report. The accident occurr…
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PRODUCER PRICES (August 17, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US60.00-61.75 cents per lb. (Jul. 30, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). CA…
Quinto advised to focus on graphite
A recently completed engineering report by Consultant Darryl Drummond recommends Quinto Mining (VSE) evaluate its Lumby property in south-central British Columbia on the basis of its graphite potentia…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Coleraine sample tested overseas
Encouraging results have been received from metallurgical tests carried out in Germany on a sample from the Hall chromite deposit at Thetford Mines, Que., Ressources Minieres Coleraine (ME) reports. T…
De Beers rep visits Alberta
A recent rare courtesy call by a representative of highly-secretive diamond merchant De Beers to Alberta has the local mining community buzzing, but not much more enlightened about De Beers’ plans for…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Bethlehem drills Rain property
Copper-zinc producer Bethlehem Resources (TSE) recently started a limited drilling program at its Rain property in the hopes of finding additional mill feed for its 50% owned Goldstream mine near Reve…
STOCK MARKETS — Lac de Gras rumors refuel activity of
Diamond stocks proved to be the only bright lights in an otherwise gloomy and lethargic Toronto market during the week ended Aug. 11. Fuelled by rumors of drilling and sampling on the BHP-Dia Met join…
STOCK MARKETS — Dia Met gains on word of second pipe
Further slippage on gold bullion markets provided little help to western markets during the period ended Aug. 11, with the metal losing more than US$6 to finish at US$346.80 per oz. The Vancouver Stoc…
Spot prices at a glance (August 17, 1992)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $346.50 – $6.40 Silver* $ 3.89 + $0.01 Platinum* $368.75 – $8.60 Nickel** $ 3.28 – $0.06 Lead** $ 0.30 $0.00 Copper $ 1.14 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.62 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotia…
Trade fair for Germany
The second Geotechnica Cologne 1993 — International Trade Fair and Congress for Geosciences and Technology is set for May 5-8 at Cologne, Germany. More than 500 exhibitors, involved in geoscientific …
Yellow Point,Riviera test Czech deposit
Junior companies Yellow Point Mining (VSE) and Riviera Explorations (VSE) have a joint venture agreement with a private Czech company to explore, develop and mine the Kasperske Hory gold deposit about…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Viceroy’s victory
California has long been in the vanguard of environmental activism. To get an idea of what kind of restrictions might be placed on any kind of development elsewhere in North America, one had only to l…