Suit claims Barrick misled investors
Two U.S.-based law firms have launched a class-action suit against Barrick Gold (ABX-T) for allegedly misleading investors by forecasting higher earnings than the company delivered last year.Barrick, …
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Expatriate eyes Wolverine-Logan combo
Vancouver — In 2001 Expatriate Resources (exr-v) halted a 2-year effort to develop Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) Kudz Ze Kayah deposit in the Yukon in combination with its 60%-owned Wolverine base metal fin…
Kirkland Lake restarts Macassa mill
Ending a 4-month production hiatus, Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-T) has resumed milling operations at the Macassa mine in northern Ontario.In early March, Kirkland Lake Gold was forced to suspend operation…
Barrick trims costs at Bulyanhulu
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) is shuffling management at its Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania in an attempt to cut costs and improve performance.Ren Marion, previously the company’s head of business evaluatio…
Convict admits to bombing Giant mine
Roger Warren, the man convicted of murder after an explosion at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., killed nine people in 1992, has admitted he acted alone and did not intend to kill anyone.Wa…
Australia aims to revive mining
Mining is Australia’s biggest export industry, and concerns are growing that it could suffer greatly as a result of a slump in exploration.In the past 10 years, annual exploration expenditures Down Un…
LME Warehouse Levels (July 21, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 15 (change from July 8 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1250900(+73…
Suppliers Roundup (July 21, 2003)
Cat buys Terex truck businessCaterpillar will acquire Terex’s electric-drive mining truck business in exchange for the intellectual property rights to Caterpillar’s 5000-series mining shovel.Terex’s 8…
Exchange Rates (July 21, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJuly 15July 14July 11July 10July 9US$ in C$1.39291.37391.37611.38…
WMC exits Canada
One of the most significant deals of the report period was the agreement to merge WMC Resources’ Canadian subsidiary WMC International with Canadian junior gold explorer Comaplex Minerals.Comaplex wil…
Golds, base metals end mixed
The broad market attracted more buyers than sellers over the July 9-15 report period, causing the composite index to finish ahead 26.48 points at 7,166.08.The TSX gold index reversed 2.34 points as th…
Junior exchange sings summertime blues (July 21, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange retreated somewhat during the report period ended July 15 as the price of bullion lost some lustre. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index shed 9.88 points, or 0.88%, to…