Profits down for WMC
Vancouver As has been the case with other metal producers, declining prices have taken their toll on Australian-b…
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Campbell continues losses
Care and maintenance costs at operations in Quebec, Mexico and Panama continued to drag Campbell Resources through…
Trading Summary (August 14, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange drifted lower on Tuesday with only four of the 14 subindexes posting modest gains. The m…
Furnace accident forces early shutdown
An early-morning furnace run-out has forced the temporary suspension of operations at Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Kidd co…
Indo Mining Law moves forward
Vancouver — With both Newmont Mining (NEM-N) and Weda Bay Minerals (WDA-T) sitting on the sidelines, Indonesian go…
Drilling resumes at High Lake (August 13, 2001)
Vancouver — With spring breakup finally over in Canada’s high north, Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) has resumed drillin…
New showings at Nunavik
Vancouver — An independent sampling program over the Nunavik copper-nickel property in northern Quebec has confirm…
Fort Knox begins stripping at McBratney Lake
Fort Knox Gold Resources (FNX-T) has begun a program of mechanical stripping and geological mapping and sampling on…
Pace falls off for Akrokeri-Ashanti
Thanks to lower gold prices and grades, Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (YAG-V) wasn’t able to keep up the record-setti…
Trading Summary (August 13, 2001)
The gold and precious minerals subindex put in the best percentage gain on Monday, rising 130.67 points, or 2.75%,…
Northern Miner Indices (August 13, 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…
TSE Shorts (August 13, 2001)
Short positions outstanding at July 31, 2001Larger individual positions include:Agnico-Eagle 399893 up 193974; Alcan Inc. 1179917 down 135266; Anderson 5,367,864 up 741,970; Barr…