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Mining survives in Chile
The Chilean government recently proposed a bill to impose a government royalty on mining companies primarily producing copper in Chile, over and above corporate income tax. Fortunately, the bill did not pass, though it may yet be re-introduced.
Vantex hits visible gold at Guillet (January 17, 2005)
Lew Parres scholarship
A scholarship fund has been established in memory of Lew Parres (1915-2004), a consulting geologist and entrepreneur who spent 75 years in mining, mostly in Manitoba.
IMA’s Navidad yields more silver
Huckleberry hits new copper zone
Vancouver — Drilling at
Etruscan advances Youga gold project
With its 40%-owned Samira Hill gold mine up and running in neighbouring Niger,
LME Warehouse Levels (January 17, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 11 (change from Jan. 4 in brackets):…
Daily Metal Prices (January 17, 2005)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
States’ rights
The State of Michigan has passed a law regulating mining of non-ferrous metals, one that Governor Jennifer Granholm says will be “the toughest set of mining regulations” in the United States.
Grinding circuit breakthrough
The discovery that ball mill circuit performance is not controlled by a single “efficiency” but rather by two distinct and active efficiencies was first proposed by Robert McIvor in 1987 in his McGill University thesis. Now, validation of his theo…
Exchange Rates (January 17, 2005)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…