The government of Uzbekistan plans to sell a 40% stake in the Almalyk mining and metallurgical plant, one of the largest copper producers of the former U.S.S.R.The plant produced 100,000 tonnes of cop…
revisedA pipe-like enlargement, or blow, along the Sugarbird fissure, which forms part of the Klipspringer project in South Africa’s Northern Transvaal province, is estimated to contain 90,000 tonnes …
A new estimate of the gold resource at its Baley gold project in far eastern Russia has enabled Armada Gold (AAU-T) to boost the projected production grade by about 20%.The new resource for the Taseev…
A recently discovered ore zone could boost profits at the Turk gold mine in Zimbabwe, reports owner Casmyn (CMYN-Q).The new area, which was identified in the western portion of the mine, is a lens of …
High-paying jobs are still hard to come by in Canada, no matter how optimistic economists are that better days are just around the corner. So when a resource project comes along with potential to keep…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,560 per tonne, alloy $1,437 per tonne (June 24/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$2,080 per tonne (June 24/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.90 per lb. (June…
Teck (TEK-T) and Sumitomo Metal Mining Arizona will jointly explore the Pogo gold property in central Alaska.Situated 150 km southeast of Fairbanks, the property is part of Sumitomo’s Stone Boy projec…
The discovery of placer gold in the Klondike in 1896 triggered one of the world’s last great gold rushes, attracting thousands of people from all corners of the world. One hundred years later, the sea…
Although it is still in the early stage of being explored, the Virgen property in north-Central Peru is already attracting attention as a gold discovery of some significance.Over the next four years, …
The Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum will hold its annual social event at the Woodbine race track in Toronto on June 27.Tickets for the event, entitled “A Nig…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at June 16/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium698,650(-19,425)Copper122,225(-5,900)Lead116,875(-675)Nickel51,1…
Gold Funds as of June 12, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$20.53$5.87Price$15.25$5…
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