SPOT PRICES, March 24, 1999 (April 12, 1999)
Wednesday April 7, 1999Precious MetalsPrice (US)ChangeGold$280.25+$0.45Silver$ 4.9…
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COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Boliden to restart Los Frailes
Having obtained the necessary permits, the Spanish subsidiary of Boliden (BOL-T) is gearing up to resume mining operations at the Los Frailes zinc mine near Seville, Spain.Operations were suspended al…
Mountain Lake secures water at Klipgat
Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) has drilled a well that has eliminated the need for water to be trucked into its Klipgat 18 alluvial diamond mine, now in production along the Mooi River in northeaster…
TSE INDICES (April 12, 1999)
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COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — World Wide Minerals restructures capital, sues Nukem
World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) is undergoing a capital restructuring as it continues to pursue a lawsuit related to its derailed uranium projects in Kazakstan.World Wide has issued a private placement of…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Record production at Syncrude
Production of oil from the Syncrude oil sands plant at Fort McMurray, Alta., set a record in March.Syncrude shipped a record 7.5 million barrels (just under 1.2 million cubic metres) in March, a daily…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Producers run hard to keep running
Canadian coal producers are no strangers to tough markets, but recent weakness in the global economy has brought about a new set of competitive challenges and left some struggling for survival.As volu…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Oil sands investment expected to reach $25 billion — New technologies, declining costs increase competitiveness of some operations
Special to The Northern MinerPetroleum producers are expected to pump another $25 billion into the Canadian oil sands over the next decade, even though the world is so soaked in oil that the Organizat…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Peace River coal field re-examined — Production target: 900,000 tonnes over three years
Privately owned Pine Valley Coal will develop the Willow Creek project. Situated in the Peace River coal field of northeastern British Columbia, the project represents the first new coal mine to be de…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Cameco plans Australian exploration
The youthful Australian unit of Cameco (CCO-T) will have a $4-million budget to work with this year, the largest since the company opened its Australian office in 1992.Cameco Australia, which maintain…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Minco boosts potential of Chinese polymetallic project
As in real estate, a good location adds value to a mineral property. And had the White Silver polymetallic project been situated in Canada’s Abibiti greenstone belt, rather than in Gansu, a province i…
Meetings (April 12, 1999)
April 12, Western PacificApril 13, Blue GoldApril 13, TalismanApril 14, CassidyApril 14, RaindropApril 15, BradnerApril 15, Gold CanyonApril 16, BrennaApril 16, Colony PacificApril 16, EurekaApril 16,…