It is politically impossible to rein in a bureaucracy of managerial environmentalists” that has overseen expenditures of US$10 billion since 1980 while implementing and administering Superfund progra…
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $360.00 — $ 3.75 Silver* $ 3.61 — $ 0.09 Platinum* $393.50 + $ 5.50 Nickel** $ 3.92 — $ 0.06 Lead** $ 0.27 $ 0.00 Copper{ $ 1.12 — $ 0.01 Zinc{{ $ 0.55 + $ 0.01 Cour…
Societe Miniere Sphinx (VSE) is diversifying into oil and gas. President Michel David said his company has bought (subject to regulatory approval) a 15% interest in a gas recompletion well in Alberta …
Noranda Minerals, a unit of Noranda (TSE), has decided to shut down operations this spring at its Mattabi and Lyon Lake base metal divisions, about 80 km north of Ignace, Ont. The company cited recent…
A 50-50 joint venture has been formed between Minera Rayrock (TSE) and Battle Mountain Gold (TSE) for the purpose of exploring a number of gold properties in Costa Rica. Initially, Battle Mountain wil…
Despite extreme volatility in the oil markets, weak gold prices and a US$4.2-million fourth-quarter loss, Toronto-based Horsham (TSE) had another profitable year. Horsham, which controls gold producer…
The British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines, founded in Vancouver in 1912, recently held its 79th annual general meeting at the Eighth Annual Cordilleran Geology and Exploration Roundup. A record nu…
Toronto-based gold producer Wharf Resources (TSE) reported a loss of US$5.8 million (33 cents per share) for the year ended Dec. 31, 1990, after the company wrote off its US$11.5-million investment in…
Bedo Kalpakian appointed president succeeding Setrak Kalpakian who passed away; Jacob Kalpakian appointed vice2Dpresident and director.
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) says it will purchase $4.6 million worth of potash fertilizer from Saskatoon-based Canpotex for delivery to China. Canpotex handles offshore sales …
Both the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite and resource indices staged rebounds over the week ended Feb. 26. The composite index added more than 10 points to finish at the 534 level while the resourc…
A budget aimed at reducing the federal deficit to $6.5 billion in 1996 from $30.5 billion this year and putting a cap on inflation had nothing in store for the Canadian mining industry. Requests for t…
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