Taconite tailings in aggregate
Byproducts from the taconite pellet-making process in Minnesota have been piling up for decades, but research has found that these tailings could be a marketable commodity.Researchers at the Natural R…
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Suppliers Roundup (September 29, 2003)
Program predicts motion in millsThe Melbourne-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has developed an Internet-based program that predicts the motion of particles i…
More aluminum on the way
According to London-based market analyst Roskill, the aluminum industry is set to boost primary capacity by 10 million tonnes per year over the next 5-7 years.In a study titled The Economics of Alumin…
Bruce joins Crystallex
Eight months after resigning as president of Iamgold (IMG-T) following its merger with royalty firm Repadre Capital, Todd Bruce is assuming the positions of president, CEO and director of Crystallex I…
Defiance boosts Tasiast
With about 28,000 metres worth of reverse-circulation (RC) and core drilling under its belt, Defiance Mining (DM-T) has tabled an updated resource figure for its Tasiast gold project, 170 km east of t…
Copper miners eye higher prices (September 29, 2003)
Vancouver — After years of cutting back production because of low prices, the world’s largest copper miners are optimistic the market for the red metal will improve in 2004.Phelps Dodge (PD-N) expect…
Miners picket Denver forum
Roughly 100 miners at the Newmont gold mine in Nevada travelled 1,000 km to Denver, Colo., in mid-September to protest being without a contract for more than a year.The miners picketed outside the Wes…
Barrick re-shuffles management deck
The gold companies took centre-stage during the report period ended Sept. 23, as the yellow metal resumed its bull run by lunging forward $12.35, or 3.3%, to US$385.25 per oz., pulling the S&P-TSX Gol…
Bullion pushes venture exchange higher
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange was buoyed by the strength of bullion during the week ended Sept. 23. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 21.1 points, or 1.54% of value, to cl…
Twenty Years Ago / October 1983
Gold at crossroadsThe gold market has moved to a new crossroads. Its unprecedented 8-month-long ability to hold above US$400 per oz. has been shattered.Erasing most technical support points, gold fell…
Trading Summary (September 26, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange suffered its third straight loss falling 80.29 to 7,433.08 on Friday. The consumers stap…
Ariane shares rocket on Cambior merger
Longueuil, Quebec-based miners Cambior (CBJ-T) and Ariane Gold (AGD-T) have agreed to merge with an eye toward deve…