Asarco forms new divisions
Two operations consolidations were announced recently by Asarco (NYSE). The large copper producer has merged its Amarillo copper refinery and El Paso copper smelter, both in Texas, to form its Southwe…
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Spot prices at a glance (May 04, 1992)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $334.75 – $3.55 Silver* $ 3.94 – $0.05 Platinum* $340.75 – $0.85 Nickel** $ 3.38 – $0.01 Lead** $ 0.24 $0.00 Copper $ 1.00 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.62 + $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiaba…
METAL PRICES (May 04, 1992)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Apr 28 Apr 27 Apr 24 Apr 23 Apr 22 Copper 1236-1237 1241-1242 1245-1246 1248-1249 12…
PRODUCER PRICES (May 04, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US62-62.75 cents per lb. (Apr. 15, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-82 cents per lb. (Mar. 26, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.50-2.70 per lb. (Mar. 26, 1992). CADMI…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (May 04, 1992)
I am a longtime subscriber to The Northern Miner. I am writing to urge you to return to your original format of listing the Canadian mining shares; the new way is confusing. It would be the same as Th…
New chairman takes charge at nickel producer Inco
A changing of the guard occurred recently at Inco (TSE) with the retirement of Donald Phillips, 62, from the company’s top job. Phillips, who had been with the company for 36 years, handed the reins o…
Latin American notes
United Nations officer Wolfgang Gluschke, in a Miami conference paper on mineral investment promotion: Most countries in Latin America have undergone considerable changes in the economic, social and p…
Vior expands new Douay zone
A new zone on the Douay gold property in Quebec’s Casa Berardi region has been outlined over a strike length of 1,000 ft., a width of 500 ft. and a thickness of 15-45 ft., reports Societe d’Exploratio…
GUEST COLUMN (May 04, 1992)
I can’t recall a more scary period of government mineral policy development in British Columbia than the month of March, 1992. Early in the month, the British Columbia government changed legal counsel…
INSIDER TRADING (May 04, 1992)
TVX Gold (TSE) directors Glenn Ives and Nigel Lees recently sold a portion of their holdings in the Toronto-based gold miner. According to the Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin, Ives sold 2,5…
Minnova sees major returns from Izok Lake project
Advances in trucking on winter roads and in arctic shipping make the Izok Lake copper-zinc project in the Northwest Territories viable today almost 30 years after its discovery, says David Watkins, pr…
PEOPLE (May 04, 1992)
Andrew Poller appointed vice-president.