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Nickel division helps WMC triple earnings in 2000

Australia’s WMC wants to play a leading role in the rationalization of the world’s nickel industry.During a recent presentation to analysts and fund managers in Sydney, Australia, the day after the co…


A not-so-tiny bubble Reality bytes

In late January, about a hundred mining professionals gathered in a room in Toronto’s Sheraton Hotel to hear what Bay Street analysts and fund managers had to say about their industry’s future. Suffic…


Hutchison: a miner’s miner

In my opinion, William Hutchison was the prime mining executive on the team from Preston East Dome and Technical Mine Consultants.Hutchison understood the importance of getting the project in producti…


Gold Fields closes hedges

Denver — In accordance with its belief that hedging gold at low prices is counterproductive, South Africa’s Gold Fields (GOLD-Q) has closed out its remaining gold hedge positions.The company bought b…


Richard Stoiber

Richard Stoiber, former professor of geology and professor emeritus at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., has died. He was 90.His association with Dartmouth spanned seven decades, from the time he e…


PEOPLE (February 26, 2001)

Autanabi — Glenn Laing appointed CEO;Claude Girard appointed chairman; Rocco Guarnaccia appointed president; Richard St-Julien appointed secretary and director; Marc Baribeau appointed director; Guy …




Minieres drills Karumwa

A soil survey at the Karumwa gold property in Tanzania has outlined four drill targets for Minires du Nord (MDN-T).The junior collected 700 samples over an area measuring 500 metres long by 100 metre…


Record output spells profit for Normandy

Australia’s largest gold producer, Normandy Mining (NDY-T), turned a profit of A$62.6 million (US$34.7 million), or A3.5 per share, for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2000, on the back of 1.1 million …



NAME CHANGES (February 26, 2001)

Econ Ventures Ltd. (EOV-V) has changed its name to Richcor Res. Ltd. (RRS-V) on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.Augusta Metals Inc. (AUU-V) has changed its name to Cybercom Systems I…


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