CAMESE releases compendium
The Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export has released its seventh annual CAMESE Compendium of Canadian Mining Suppliers.The 164-page directory contains information on more …
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Firm prices, fundamentals add value to nickel and tin markets
The following is the fourth in a series devoted to metals markets and was culled from Barclays Capital’s monthly report The Commodity Refiner. This week’s instalment looks at developments in nickel, t…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (February 24, 2003)
72.32 (-2.63)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (February 24, 2003)
84.63 (-4.78)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Barrick looks for 2003 turnaround
The message is out from Barrick Gold (ABX-T): the management shakeup that saw director Gregory Wilkins replace Randall Oliphant as chief executive officer is part of an effort to restore the company’s…
First Quantum tables Kansanshi report
An independent feasibility study has given First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) the green light to develop the Kansanshi copper deposit in Zambia.The study, prepared by GRDMinproc of Australia, concludes tha…
Sigma reopens
McWatters Mining’s (MWA-T) gold mill at the Sigma open-pit operations in Val d’Or, Que., has resumed commercial production. The mill began its ramp-up in late November, after capacity was boosted to 5…
Record output for Glamis
Vancouver — Glamis Gold (GLG-T) lowered costs while ramping up production in 2002.The Reno-based company made a profit of US$13.7 million (or US14 per share) for the year, compared to US$4.8 million…
Gold Fields eyes Nunavut gold belt (February 24, 2003)
Vancouver — Gold Fields (GFI-N) has inked a deal with Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) paving the way for the major to earn a 75% stake in a land package northeast of Baker Lake in Nunavut.The South A…
Glamis makes gains
A number of things separate Glamis Gold from its Vancouver counterparts. The first would have to be its “low-key” approach to doing business.The second relates to the fact that it showed a net profit …
LME Warehouse Levels (February 24, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 18 (change from Feb. 11 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1191600(-4…
Roundup’s success may mean good things Western sunrise
Last year and the year before, the Vancouver mining set’s annual January fixture, the Cordilleran Roundup, offered a sweet-scented promise of spring coming to the mining business. In 2001, there was h…