Grupo Mexico OKs offering
At its recent annual meeting, held in Mexico City, Grupo Mexico authorized the issuance of up to 70 million shares of new stock.Current shareholders can subscribe to the new Series B stock at 50 pesos…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
El Peon vitalizes Meridian’s quarter
A successful startup at the El Peon mine in northern Chile enabled Meridian Gold (MDG-N) to experience a 134% rise in gold production during the first quarter. Cash operating costs for the period wer…
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (May 08, 2000)
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Metal Prices (May 08, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)Aluminium1453.50/1479.50Holiday1455/1485…
Miners advance without gold
The Dow Jones industrial average gave up the ground it recently gained, losing 393.70 points, or 3.5%, to close the reporting period April 26-May 2 at 10,731.12.Gold issues sparkled despite a drop in …
NAME CHANGES (May 08, 2000)
Sand River Resources (SRL-V) has changed its name to Rio Fortuna Exploration (RFT-V) on a 1-new-for-7-old-share basis.
Red Dog drives Cominco
Higher operating profits at the Red Dog mine and the Trail smelter allowed Cominco (CLT-T) to reduce its debt considerably in the first quarter.Cash flow during the 3-month period was $91 million (or …
Copper, nickel show life signs while gold remains in doldrums
The report period April 24-28 was an encouraging one for the main stars of the London Metal Exchange (LME).Despite more wobbles in both equity and bond markets, copper and nickel climbed away from rec…
Carrington to speak at BC Mining Week
John Carrington, vice-chairman of Barrick Gold, will be the keynote speaker at Mining Week 2000, to be held May 7-14, in Vancouver, B.C.His presentation, titled Mining for the future: much to gain, mu…
Gitennes eyes Nunavut, Peru
Armed with airborne geophysical data, the world’s second-largest copper producer, Phelps Dodge (PD-N), is set to launch an 8-to-10-hole drill program on the Nowyak gold-silver-zinc property in Canada’…
Partners form JV with Rio Tinto
Two Canadian juniors, Semafo (SMF-T) and Afcan Mining (AFK-M), have formed a joint venture with London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) to explore the Mont Kakoulima massive sulphide property in Guinea.
Merger pays off for Phelps Dodge
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Phelps Dodge (PD-N) attributes its first-quarter savings of US$30 million to the acquisition of Cyprus Amax Minerals late last year.Increased purchasing power enabled Phelps Dodge…