Falco advances nickel projects
While dry laterite projects in Australia and elsewhere are generating the most news these days, laterite deposits amenable to traditional pyrometallurgical processing techniques are making a comeback …
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Guidelines too little, too late
Up until a year ago, Mary Meeker was the highest-rated technology analyst in America, the “Queen of the Internet,” and Wall Street’s number-one cheerleader for the “new economy.” While the good times …
Province sinks Sydney Steel
The government of Nova Scotia expects to receive $9-14 million by selling off the remaining assets of Sydney Steel. However, the cost of tearing down the facilities in Sydney, N.S., and flattening the…
Voisey’s Bay talks back on track
Some of the faces have changed, but Inco (N-T) and the government of Newfoundland are back at the negotiating table, trying to drum up a deal for development of the long-stalled Voisey’s Bay nickel-co…
Radius delays drilling
Junior Radius Explorations (RDU-V) has delayed the start of drilling at its wholly owned Tambor gold project in central Guatemala.The company is awaiting the close of a $2-million investment by Gold F…
Internet links east, west
Two web-based companies, Metal Smart and e-metalmarket.com, have joined forces to create an on-line marketplace that will allow major Chinese metal producers to market their products and order raw mat…
Spot Prices Wed. June 20, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$272.40+$0.60Silver$ 4.40+$0.01Platinum$580.00+$…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (June 25, 2001)
DateJune 19June 18June 15June 14June 13HighLowTSE 3007702.877707.097816.087920.65…
Weda Bay advances Halmahera (June 25, 2001)
Vancouver-based Weda Bay Minerals (WDA-T) has tabled a positive prefeasibility study at its laterite nickel-cobalt deposits on the Indonesian island of Halmahera.The study, completed by Kvaerner Proce…
Inco to work on dry laterite at Goro
Dry nickel laterites, which once represented the future of nickel, have been writing their own checkered history over the past three years. Hyped as a revolution in nickel production, they have turned…
Australia top destination for exploration spending
Australia attracted 17.3% of global exploration funding last year, more than any other country in the world, though spending fell 19% to A$676.3 million from the previous year. Gold was the main targe…
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ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 18260 41.38 37.20 37.60 – 2.90…