Wollastonite has been mined in New York state since the 1940s. The two companies currently mining the mineral in the state are NYCO Minerals and R.T. Vanderbilt. The NYCO deposit in Essex Cty. contain…
Plans for restarting its open-pit mine at McLeese Lake in east-central British Columbia, as well as ongoing feasibility work on the nearby Mt. Polley project, have not kept Gibraltar Mines (TSE) from …
Realizing that there are other prolific areas for nickel and copper mineralization outside Canada, nickel-producing giant Inco (TSE) has acquired interests in a number of international projects. Inco,…
We hired many newly arrived immigrants during the early years of mine development and production at Elliot Lake, Ont., in the fast-developing world uranium centre during the 1950s. Numerous sturdy Ita…
Financing for the Refugio gold project in Chile is finally in hand for joint owners Bema Gold (TSE) and Amax Gold (NYSE). Bema has been looking for financing to develop Refugio since early 1991, with …
— 1994 — Aug 9 Aug 8 Aug 5 Aug 4 Aug 3 High Low Composite”300″ 4186.82 4175.36 4168.54 4202.09 4206.05 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 3902.51 3892.36 3922.46 3982.58 3985.31 3996.08 3273.56 Integra…
Construction of a new gold mine on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has been approved by joint-venture partners Newmont Gold (NYSE) and P.T. Tanjung Searpung of Jakarta. The US$131-million project wi…
A higher gold price and increased investment income helped to boost net earnings in the first half of 1994, Placer Dome (TSE) says. Earnings of US$61 million were recorded for the 6-month period, a si…
Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date August 9 August 8 August 5 August 4 August 3 Copper 2392-2393 2396-2397 2400-2401 2405-2407 2404-2405 Lead 565-566 573.5-574.5 579-580 578.5-579.5 576-577 Zin…
A previously announced arrangement involving Starmin Mining (TSE) and privately owned Ivanhoe Goldfields has closed. The agreement took effect Aug. 11; Starmin shares are trading on a 3-for-1 consolid…
Alberta-listed New Island Minerals has received encouraging gold assays from sampling on its Glover Island property in central Newfoundland. The samples were collected from an outcrop area measuring 2…
The fourth annual CIM Geological Society Field Conference will take place Sept. 19-21 in Sudbury, Ont. Titled “Exploration and mining geology of world class deposits: strategies for success,” the conf…
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