Niobec purchase boosts Mazarin revenue
With the dust settling following its acquisition of a half-interest in the Niobec niobium mine in Quebec, industria…
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Trading Summary: Markets tumble on 1/4-point rate cut from Fed
Trading across North America remained quiet until 2.00 pm, when the U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced that it wa…
BHP Billiton posts decent profits
Newly merged Australian-British behemoth BHP Billiton (BHP-N) unveiled a net profit of US$1.53 billion for the year…
Manhattan eyes financing (August 20, 2001)
Vancouver — Last year, investors were so enamoured by Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) that the company had little troub…
Miramar sees positive cash flow
Vancouver With the company continuing to see losses from its equity stake in Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T),…
Majescor hunts for Quebec diamonds
Results from Majescor Resources’ (MAJ-M) spring till-sampling survey in northern Quebec are in and they show the pr…
Drill turns at Nickelby
Vancouver — Aimed a testing the downdip extension of surface mineralization discovered at the Nickelby claims, par…
Trading Summary (August 20, 2001)
Toronto stocks advanced modestly on Monday after the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce added a little zest to the…
Ashton tests northern projects
It continues to be business as usual for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T), while Rio Tinto (RTP-N) shops around a 65.9% stake in the diamond explorer.Rio acquired the controlling block in late 2000 thr…
Sherritt profits down
Nickel producer Sherritt International (S-T) saw lower profits in the first half of the year, owing to shrinking prices for its principal commodities and higher energy costs.During the six months ende…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (August 20, 2001)
45.79 (+0.98)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
LME Warehouse Levels (August 20, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 14/01 (change from Aug. 7 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium677125(…