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Diamond Fields buys marine mining vessel
Vancouver —
Fraudulent Fortune, part 1
The following is the first of two exclusive excerpts from Fraudulent Fortune, a fictional work privately published in 2003. The author is a geologist and staff writer with The Northern Miner. The 233-page paperback version costs $10 plus shipping…
Laurentian to offer natural resources PhD
Beginning in January 2005, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will offer students a doctorate degree in natural resources, with three fields of specialization: mining engineering; process engineering; and robotics, automation and advanced tec…
Amex launches gold index
The American Stock Exchange has started publishing the Amex Gold Miners Index under the ticker symbol gdm.
How to spell relief
At last month’s International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, Canada’s finance minister, Ralph Goodale, was one of the principal opponents of a plan floated by his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, to finance debt relief to poor countries th…
BHP active in Manitoba
BHP Billiton Diamonds, a unit of
Freeport’s profits shrivel
The period ended Oct. 19 saw the broad market acclerate its decline of the previous week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Index tumbling 179.56 points to 9,897.62 and the S&P 500 index slipping another 18.61 points to 1,103.23.
Speculation runs high on Battle Mountain-Cortez trend
Elko, Nev. — The search for gold along the Battle Mountain-Cortez trend in north-central Nevada has been re-energized by the Cortez Hills discovery, a 7.5-million-oz. oxide deposit that is still being drilled off by partners
Harmony targets Gold Fields, top spot (October 25, 2004)
Fresh from a failed merger with
LME Warehouse Levels (October 25, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 19 (change from Oct. 12 in brackets):…
Juniors hang on despite mixed metals prices
TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies were about even as the gold price climbed higher, owing to a weakening U.S. dollar. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange index was down 25 points during the trading period of Oct. 13-19, compared with the previous wee…