Nevada Pacific pulls higher grades from Buffalo Canyon
Preliminary surface sampling has turned up higher grades from a known gold showing at the Buffalo Canyon project in…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Linear takes on MIM projects (October 27, 2003)
Linear Resources (LRR-V) has closed its acquisition of Australian miner MIM’s Central American exploration projects…
Slippage causes deaths at Grasberg
Vancouver — A slippage accident at the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia has caused the deaths of eight workers.In the second fatal accident at the mine in three years, two workers were killed, …
Copper issues lead the way on junior exchange
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange finished the trading week ended October 21st on a strong note, with investors eyeing juniors with exposure to the copper market. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange comp…
Fire shuts down Morenci
A fire at one of four solvent-extraction plants at Phelps Dodge’s Morenci copper mine in Arizona curtailed production for four days during the report period ended Oct. 21. The fire severely damaged fo…
Goulagou yields gold for St. Jude
Vancouver — St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) has tabled additional encouraging drill results from its Goulagou gold project in Burkina Faso.The company is drilling the GG1, GG2 and Yabonsgo gold prospects,…
Northern Miner Indices (October 27, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Editorial Cartoon (October 27, 2003)
APGO boosts membership
The Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario has expanded its membership to beyond 1,000.While the majority of the APGO’s membership resides in Ontario, 44 of Canadian-based members live o…
Stillwater nominated for award
Stillwater Mining’s efficient management of water has been nominated for an award by Montana’s Bureau of Land Management.At its Stillwater and East Boulder mines, the company has minimized water pollu…
Daily Metal Prices (October 27, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 20Oct. 17Oct. 16Oct. 15Oct. 14Al Alloy1430/143…
Encouraging signs for zinc and lead
ZincAfter two years of depressed zinc prices in a narrow range, the price peak of US$877 per tonne in August shows an encouraging ability by this market to finally move. Stronger prices are fundamenta…