Harrods launches program in Mongolia
Denver — With the backing of Egyptian financier Mohamed Al Fayed, Harrods Minerals is getting back to the basics, with a focus on grassroots exploration.The privately owned, Denver-based company has …
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Nickel shows signs of resilience
Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were fairly stable during the report period March 5-9, the only exceptions being copper, which saw a gain in the weekly average cash price of 2.4%,…
Gold Funds (March 19, 2001)
Gold Funds as of March 8, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$12.81$5.28Price$7.80$4.75…
PEOPLE (March 19, 2001)
Alcan Aluminium — Travis Engen appointed president and CEO.Ashton — Alfonso Grau appointed director.Canabrava — George Read appointed VP of exploration.Cominco –…
Ventura promotes mining
Mining in Minnesota is a $1.5-billion-per-year industry employing 20,000 people — a point not lost on Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura as he opened mining awareness week at the Duluth Entertainment and C…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, MAR. 7-13
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 19112 39.58 35.37 37.05 -0.94…
Mine propels Antofagasta
Denver — A strong performance by the Los Pelambres copper mine in northern Chile enabled London-based Antofagasta (ANFGF-Q) to post a profit for 2000.Earnings for the period jumped to US$138.2 millio…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (March 19, 2001)
51.77 (+1.83)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (March 19, 2001)
74.74 (-1.24)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Writedowns take toll on Pan American
Vancouver — A writedown of US$37.6 million at its Dukat silver project in the Magadan region of far-eastern Russia, and a US$4.4-million charge against inactive properties pushed Pan American Silver …
Aurora Platinum shows potential in Sudbury basin
Junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) is embarking on a 20,000-metre drill program as it searches for copper-nickel-platinum group metals (PGM) on projects in Ontario and Quebec.Having run up as high as $8.1…
Staff Investment Policy (March 19, 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…