Cullinan turns 100
In November 2003, De Beers announced that its flagship Premier mine in South Africa would be renamed the Cullinan diamond mine in celebration of the mine’s centenary. The mine once yielded the Cullina…
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PEOPLE (March 07, 2005)
Messina cuts zinc
In step-out drilling on its Boomerang base metal discovery in Newfoundland,
Newmont to spend $6m in search of Holloway mill feed
The last thing a miner wants during a gold boom is a starving mill. Yet that’s exactly what
Better times as UME bites a fiscal bullet
Calgary-based
Production shortfalls, exploration success for Queenstake
Elko, Nev. — During the year and a half following
Educating Africans about AIDS
A health program has been set up in Guinea to educate rural male miners about the dangers inherent in “marrying” women impulsively and for brief periods….
Daily Metal Prices (March 07, 2005)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Tyhee increases Yellowknife resources (March 07, 2005)
Vancouver —
lonore bigger, better
Drilling by
Carpathian Arc key to Europe’s mining renaissance
Vancouver — “Overlooked,” “under-explored,” and “under-estimated” are words often used to describe the Carpathian Arc, a prospective belt of rocks in Eastern Europe that some have likened to the Paci…
The Northern Miner Indices (March 07, 2005)
| North American Mining: 122.84 (+3.96) |
| Small Producers: 103.21 (-2.32) |
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