LME Warehouse Levels (December 20, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 14 (change from Dec. 7 in brackets):…
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Don’t be too hard on China
The recent editorial (T.N.M., Dec. 3-9/04) castigating China for its continued human rights abuses and restrictions of many of the freedoms we take for granted here in Canada was an unexpected and notable departure for The Northern Miner, receivin…
Bendigo builds confidence (December 20, 2004)
Having spent more than A$105 million on exploration and assessment over the past seven years,
First Quantum hits copper at Kashime
Vancouver —
Minmetals deal unfairly funded
This is the second of two parts taken from a paper titled China Minmetals and Noranda: A Backdoor Nationalization Process of Canada’s Natural Resources? Part one was published in the Dec. 10-16 issue of The Northern Miner. The paper was written an…
Northern Star Mining on target in Abitibi
Val d’Or, Que. —
Battle rages for Arizona Star
Vancouver — A disgruntled major shareholder in
The Northern Miner Indices (December 20, 2004)
North American Mining: 112.98 (+4.68)…
Apex OKs San Cristobal
The report period ended Dec. 14 culminated in the Federal Reserve’s delivery of a widely anticipated 25-basis-point increase in the target overnight interest rate to 2.25%. Meanwhile, the wider markets rallied as the U.S. dollar firmed, with both…