Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Gold Funds as of Dec. 14 2000Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.38$5.34Price$6.30$4.550Discount44.64…

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Citing the poor gold and silver market, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has further delayed the start of construction at its Pascua-Lama project, on the border between Chile and Argentina.Work at Pascua, origina…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,425/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.70-15.50/lb.Copper: Comex March US$0.885/lb.

Junior mining companies are adopting various strategies to help them through these tough times, but the most common remains the old standby of taking on projects robust enough to attract major partner…

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Denver — Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has retained financial advisors to avise the Phoenix-based copper producer on its non-mining businesses.Goldman Sachs will give advice on PD Wire & Cable, which produces …

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Vancouver — Having completed a third phase of drilling at its Tambo Grande project in northern Peru, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is encouraged by the thickness of mineralization encountered in the Cop…