PEOPLE (December 18, 2000)
Ced-Or — Gilbert Godbout appointed director.Crew Development — Peter Barnes appointed president and CFO; John Darch appointed chairman and CEO; Jon Steen Petersen appointed director; Andreas Qvale a…
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Correction (December 18, 2000)
In our Dec. 4-10 issue, we incorrectly stated that Niocan (NIO-T) has a right of first refusal on Teck’s (TEK-T) option to acquire a 25% interest in Niocan’s (NIO-T) Oka niobium project in Queb…
Aurora triumphs in flat western market
Vancouver — The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index remained flat over the report period ended Dec. 12, gaining just 9.5 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 2,912.89. The mining index rose 99.84 poin…
Noranda grabs Lady Loretta
Results from a 2-year study have prompted Noranda (NOR-T) to acquire a majority stake in the Lady Loretta zinc-lead-silver desposit in Queensland, Australia.In 1998, Noranda signed a deal with Austral…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 18, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,425/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.00/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.70-15.50/lb.Copper: Comex March US$0.885/lb.
Inca Pacific, Mansfield attract attention for South American projects
Junior mining companies are adopting various strategies to help them through these tough times, but the most common remains the old standby of taking on projects robust enough to attract major partner…
MEETINGS (December 18, 2000)
Dec. 20 Auriginor — annual, general, specialDec. 20 Digger — annual, special; 10 am, 2550-555 W. Hastings St., VancouverDec. 20 Featherstone — annual, general; 3:30, Coast Harbourside…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (December 18, 2000)
75.34 (+1.25)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (December 18, 2000)
46.72 (+2.17)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Phelps Dodge hires advisors
Denver — Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has retained financial advisors to avise the Phoenix-based copper producer on its non-mining businesses.Goldman Sachs will give advice on PD Wire & Cable, which produces …
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, DEC. 6-12
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 577656 32.38 28.75 31.62 +0.12…