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Innovation augurs well for Canadian mining
If I had to pick just one word to describe the Canadian mining industry in recent years, it would be “innovative.” Innovation now defines our industry. In fact, the mining industry spends some $370 mi…
Market volatility will likely bolster gold price further
The Northern Miner asked several followers of the junior mining sector for their stock recommendations for 2003. In this, the last of three instalments, we asked newsletter publishers Paul van Eeden a…
Bullion bearish on Venture Exchange
Vancouver — A slump in the price of bullion dragged down Canada’s junior exchange over the week ended Feb. 11. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index shed 35.54 points, or 3.45% of its value, t…
Gold, silver stocks take a beating
Gold’s recent volatility proved to be a double-edged sword over the period ending Feb. 11, as the yellow metal tumbled more than US$20 to trade in the low US$360-per-oz. range.The gold majors made a h…
Pyhasalmi saves Inmet
Facing ground problems at its Cayeli mine in Turkey and difficulties in shipping concentrates from Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) still turned a fourth-quarter profit, thanks to goo…
Fragmented securities regulation bad for Canada One law, one day?
The political scientist Eugene Forsey (1904-1991) — one of the few people ever able to turn a discussion about tax points into a vivid tableau — once suggested that a suitable flag for Canada would …
Brief encourages innovation
A brief submitted to Industry Canada in the fall of 2002 by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) promotes the mineral exploration industry as a leader in innovation and urges the …
Teamwork led to Kudz Ze Kayah
I would like to clarify some details in your article on the awarding of the “Spud” Huestis award by the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines (T.N.M., Jan. 20-26/03).The article says it was my c…
Aussie gold index adds five companies
Five Australian gold producers have been added to the Australian Gold Council/Macquarie Gold Index.Oxiana Resources, Sino Gold, Dalrymple Resources, Dominion Mining and the recently listed MPI Mines j…
Grasberg’s success now pays dividends
Vancouver — A strong operating performance from the mighty Grasberg mine in Indonesia has prompted Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) to pay shareholders a dividend for the first time since 1998….
Less land than stated
The Partnership for Public Lands was formed in 1997 as a joint effort of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Wilderness League, and World Wildlife Fun…