Dec.22 Dec.21 Dec.18 Dec.17 Dec.16 High Low Composite”300″3313.52 3310.39 3320.41 3304.33 3296.15 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 2751.18 2743.63 2748.63 2741.81 2797.21 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Min…
The metal and mineral sub-index of Scotiabank’s commodity price index suffered another sharp decline in November. After improving earlier in the year, the sub-index has fallen below the previous low i…
Companies exploring for diamonds in Canada are too focused on heavy mineral sampling, says Galina Kudrjavtseva, a professor of mineralogy at Moscow State University who specializes in kimberlites. Spe…
An initial 1,100-ft. reverse circulation drill program has been completed by Minefinders (VSE) on the Sawyer gold property in North Carolina. The program was carried out in the central portion of the …
Plans for Toronto ’94, billed as the nation’s largest mining show ever, are under way. Convention organizers intend to attract 4,000 participants and 300 exhibitors from all over the world. Sponsored …
To commemorate its upcoming centennial in December, the Northwest Mining Association will mint a 1-oz. silver medallion. The Spokane-Wash.-based association, founded in 1895, now has more than 3,000 m…
Having worked as a miner, and later as a prospector for myself and for companies, I am dismayed at the devastation in Canada’s mining industry today. I hear governments saying, “Let’s try to get away …
A report on mine safety standards prepared by Ralph McGinn, British Columbia’s chief mines inspector, was recently endorsed by the International Labor Organization’s governing body. McGinn is now expa…
Temporary shutdowns at its Faro and Sa Dena Hes lead-zinc operations in the Yukon will be extended by 30 days, reports owner Curragh (TSE). Curragh says depressed lead and zinc prices, higher treatmen…
The Western world consumes annually more than 500,000 tons of iron oxides worth more than US$650 million, says consulting firm Intertech Conferences. About 60% of iron oxides produced worldwide are co…
Some of Canada’s biggest and best mineral discoveries began as little more than faint hope in the hearts of a few determined prospectors and geologists. The recent diamond discovery in the Lac de Gras…
Marian Achilles appointed president and director.
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