Election protests block road to Kumtor (March 01, 2005)
Citizen protests leading up to the Feb. 27 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan shut off access to Centerra Gold’s…
News
Alexis advances Lac Herbin
A recently completed preliminary economic evaluation concludes that the Lac Herbin gold deposit, 10 km east of Val…
Northgate posts record Q4 and 2004 (March 01, 2005)
Vancouver – Record fourth quarter production from its Kemess gold-copper mine propelled Northgate Minerals (NGX-T)…
Partners soar on Levack discovery
Some impressive drill intersections from behind the Levack no.2 nickel-copper mine shaft, 40 km north of Sudbury, O…
Scandinavian Gold pulls mineralization at Keivitsa
Drilling by Scandinavian Gold (SGL-T) at the Keivitsa property in Arctic Finland has cut a long intersection of nic…
Watchdog takes a bite out of Harmony bid (February 28, 2005)
Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) will ask South Africa’s Securities Regulation Panel for permission to again extend its…
Mercator doubles Mineral Park copper reserves
Vancouver – Updated oxide copper reserves at Mercator Minerals’ (ML-V) wholly-owned Mineral Park mine, near Kingman…
Silver boss donates $8m to UBC (February 28, 2005)
Pan American Silver Chairman Ross Beaty and his wife Trisha have donated $8 million to the construction of a “bio-diversity” research centre at the University of British Columbia….
Philippines making right moves
Ivanhoe Mines Chairman Robert Friedland dismissed previous setbacks suffered in the Philippine mining industry and chose instead to focus on the country’s “rebirth,” when he spoke at the Philippines M…
Busy Indaba showcases African mining industry
Cape Town, South Africa — The 10th annual Indaba 2005 was a hive of activity with representatives from major and junior companies, government, media and service supply companies exchanging informatio…
Doyon writedown drowns Cambior
A US$71.2-million writedown of the Doyon mine in Quebec overshadowed record gold production from the Rosebel mine in Suriname, and pushed
Producer and Dealer Prices (February 28, 2005)
| Antimony: Mid-mkt US$3,040/t. |
| Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb. |
| Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.90/lb. |
| Cobalt: Recent trades US$17.15-18.50/lb. |