South Africa’s unions set to strike
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the largest mining union in South Africa, and the country’s Chamber of Mines, which represents most big mining companies, are burning the midnight oil in hopes…
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PEOPLE (July 23, 2001)
African Metals — Michael Bolton appointed director.Cambior — Bryan Coates appointed VP finance and CFO.Crystallex — Daniel Ross appointed executive VP corporate counsel and secretary.
***** New Story***** (July 23, 2001)
Exchange RatesCANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 17July 16July 13July 12…
Spot Prices Wed. July 18, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$268.10+$1.55Silver$ 4.24-$0.02Platinum$524.00-$…
Gold Funds (July 23, 2001)
Gold Funds as of July 12, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.60$5.12Price$9.95$4.84…
Producer and Dealer Prices (July 23, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,070/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.75/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.20-10.00/lb.Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.719/lb.Indium: In…
Staff Investment Policy (July 23, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
Lead prices buck downward trend
Lead was the only base metal on the London Metal Exchange (LME) to register an improvement in prices during the report period July 9-13. The average cash price moved up 3.3%, while the rest of the bas…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, JULY 11-17
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N1760841.8538.4639.39-0.11…
Placer reels in Pueblo Viejo, reels out Las Cristinas
The government of the Dominican Republic has awarded Placer Dome (PDG-T) the right to negotiate an agreement to develop the Pueblo Viejo gold-silver project into a modern, large-scale mine.Despite exp…
Resource estimate under way at River Valley (July 23, 2001)
Having sunk an additional 16,000 metres, Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) is proceeding with an independent resource estimate of the Dana Lake zone at the River Valley project in northern Ontario.De…
Crank up the guilt machine Line up the yellow pads
Almost every ancient civilization had rulers and mystics who claimed a direct link to deities ruling heaven and earth. But when droughts, floods, pestilence and other calamities came along, they blame…