A new era in Canadian mining dawned in October as the nation joined the ranks of the world’s diamond producers.Situated 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., in the sub-Arctic barren lands, the Eka…
As American miners ring in the new year, they are also bidding good riddance to a year they would just as soon forget. Several factors conspired against the U.S. mining industry in 1998, making it one…
In 1975, I was cruising around the Mexican state of Guerrero, looking at showings, and my travels took me through Chilpancingo.I looked up a man whose first name was Francisco, a 71-year-old mining en…
Although North American mining companies, as a group, have prospered in recent years by venturing to remote parts of the world, several Canadian companies were devastated in 1998 as a result of overse…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,239, alloy US$1,030 per tonne (Dec. 29/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,220 per tonne (Dec. 29/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.10 per lb. (Dec. …
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Similar in mood to 1997, though comparatively free of scandal, 1998 will be remembered as the year exploration companies replaced promotional antics with survival tactics. But despite the bearish mark…
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Tuesday December 29, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$286.70- $2.00Silver*$ 4.92…
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