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Diavik mine exceeds expectations
The Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Far North completed its first ramp-up year of operations in 2003, producing more than 3.8 million carats of rough diamonds at an operating cash cost of US$31 per carat.
Bioteq cleaning up one mess at a time
Mining has long had a problem with acid mine drainage, and Vancouver-based
Cheviot mine gets go-ahead
After a long wrangle over permitting,
American Bonanza hits gold in Arizona
Surface drilling by
OSC may probe Agnico-Eagle (March 29, 2004)
Banks renew Washington agreement
European central banks announced earlier this month that they would continue to limit the sale of their gold, while increasing the limit slightly.
Chinese metal demand accelerates
Yet again defying consensus predictions of a slowdown, metals demand appears to have accelerated in the first two months of 2004.
Funding for the responsible
What is true of the World Bank is also true generally of mining companies, and increasingly of the banks that finance the industry. Expectations about what mining companies must deliver have grown hugely. At a time of increasing competitiveness (d…
Pele, De Beers recover Genesis diamonds (March 29, 2004)
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 29, 2004)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,915/t.
Taseko to restart Gibraltar
In return for 8 million shares valued at $22.2 million,