Spot prices at a glance (November 21, 1994)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $385.50 + $1.15 Silver* $5.19 – $0.01 Platinum* $414.40 + $3.40 Nickel** $3.50 + $0.13 Lead** $0.31 + $0.01 Copper $1.30 + $0.07 Zinc $0.54 + $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiaban…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
AMC, NCA plan to join forces
A pair of lobbying groups in the U.S. — the American Mining Congress (AMC) and the National Coal Association (NCA) — plan to merge. Named to head the new mining organization is Richard Lawson, who i…
Fleming named TSE president
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) has named Rowland Fleming as its new president and chief executive officer (CEO). Fleming, 51, becomes the exchange’s 60th president in its 133-year history, succeedin…
NEWS IN BRIEF (November 21, 1994)
Lodestar Explorations (LSI:VSE) has changed its name to Precision International Resources (PLO:VSE) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
Funds available for granite plant
Ontario government funding totaling $1.2 million has been awarded to Malette Granite of Iroquois Falls to help establish a granite processing plant and to hire and train employees. A $500,000 term loa…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Babbitt and the American Dream
U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has been a vocal critic of the 1872 Mining Law on the grounds that the statute allows mining companies (even foreign ones) to buy government land for a mere US$5 …
Joint project studies phenomenon of rockbursts
For centuries, one of the biggest dangers in mining has stemmed from the potential instability of the openings in which miners work. Often, the collapse of these structures is attributed to a phenomen…
PEOPLE — SWANNELL
John Mooney appointed vice-president and director; Shirley Mooney appointed director.
PEOPLE — BISMILLAH
Raymon Mabanta, Celissa Ma, Willy Ramussen and J. Woods appointed directors.
ODDS’N’SODS — DC-3 airplane served its northern owner well
The DC-3 airplane emerged from the Second World War as a fitting work-horse and as a useful machine for the years of civilian development that followed. Time would see this marvelous craft straddling …
Inco advances McCreedy East
Nickel giant Inco (TSE) is moving ahead with plans to advance McCreedy East, its largest undeveloped nickel-copper deposit in Ontario’s Sudbury Basin, to the production stage. The first phase of devel…
Santa Fe acquires Bob Creek play
New York-listed Santa Fe Pacific Gold is set to acquire the Bob Creek gold property in Nevada’s Eureka Cty. To do so, it must spend at least US$150,000 on exploration over the next 12 months, and prog…