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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (December 12, 2005)

Date Dec. 5 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 Nov. 30 Nov. 29 High Low
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2088.81 2088.90 …



Marathon's chief executive Phillip Walford shows off some features on stripped outcrops of the BR zone mineralization at the Marathon project in north-central Ontario.

Marathon on its way to a new resource

Marathon, Ont. — In the Port Coldwell mafic complex in north-central Ontario, exploration by Marathon PGM (MAR-V, MRPGF-O) is showing that the old-fashioned practice of banging on…


Photo by John CummingA view down Davis Street, the residential street closest to Inco's Port Colborne electrocobalt refinery in Ontario's Niagara peninsula. The main entrance to the refinery is in the background.

All eyes on class action suit against Inco

In what is being described as a precedent-setting decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has certified a class-action lawsuit against nickel miner and producer Inco (N-T, N-N) worth…


Cranes at work on the processing plant at the San Cristobal silver-lead-zinc project in Bolivia. Apex Silver is spending US$650 million to build the mining and processing facilities.

Socialist tide won’t wash Apex away

Uyuni, Bolivia — Driving into Uyuni, an outpost city high in the remote mountains of Bolivia, bright colours jump off of the shabby wall of the city’s most peripheral building….


De Beers aims to settle US suits

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has given preliminarily approval to Anglo American (AAUK-Q) unit De Beers’ plan to settle most of the civil class-act…



Barrick, Placer trade jabs

The emerging punch and counter-punch routine between Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) continues unabated….


Phelps Dodge sells assets

In two separate transactions, copper producer Phelps Dodge (pd-n) is selling all of its specialty-chemicals business and part of its wire operations….


Pipe dreams, road dreams

Maybe it’s the long winter nights or the crisp air or the solitude, but when you dream in the Arctic, you can’t help but dream big….


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