Aber appoints O’Neill as Harry Winston head
Having just acquired a controlling stake in the “jeweler to the stars,”
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Palladon drills Utah copper project (April 26, 2004)
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Chile to levy charge on mining companies
Chile will impose a charge on mining companies operating there in an effort to ensure that the country receives more benefits from its mineral wealth. The charge will be tied to companies’ sales and take into account their profits.
Base metals buoyed by manufacturing gains; Shakespeare
The most recent U.S. industrial production data showed a solid gain in the fourth quarter of 2003, led by a 1% jump in manufacturing output. The gains were boad-based, spreading across almost all manufacturing output categories. The February stren…
Gold could move higher
Economic and political instability could push gold to US$450 per oz. this year, according to a survey by London-based Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS).
US mining laws among most stringent
I am disappointed that your editorial staff would let slip a statement continuing the fallacious concept that U.S. mining law has remained unchanged for over a century (T.N.M., April 2-8/04).
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The Northern Miner Indices (April 26, 2004)
North American Mining: 100.83 (-4.07)…
Aquiline tests Nelson system
Falco’s earnings soar in Q1
Higher metal prices more than offset the effects of a 3-week strike at
Anooraq hits PGMs at Drenthe
Vancouver — Initial results from drilling of the Drenthe platinum-palladium-gold-nickel deposit in South Africa are encouraging for
Spot Prices Tuesday April 20, 2004 Courtesy of Scotiabank
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