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Cambior rides Rosebel to record (August 02, 2004)
Full production at the new Rosebel gold mine in Suriname helped boost
Alcoa boosts output at smelter
Alcoa Aluminio, a wholly owned Brazilian subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Alcoa, plans to boost its share of aluminum capacity by 30%, or 63,000 tonnes per year, at the Sao Luis (Alumar) aluminum smelter in Brazil.
Solid grades at Sa Perrima
Vancouver — Drill core from the Sa Perrima deposit at the Furtei property on the island of Sardinia has yielded encouraging grades, and results suggest the high-grade mineralization is open to the north.
NA Tungsten hopes to restart Cantung
Vancouver – With the aim of bringing its Cantung mine back into production, Vancouver-based North American Tungsten…
Breakwater expands across the ocean
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) has intersected significant base metal and silver mineralization at the Concordia depo…
Trading Summary (July 30, 2004)
Gold closed up US$4.10 on July 30th, to finish at US$391.40 per oz. in the afternoon in London. The gold index was…
Shore Gold hauls in 19.7 carat Star diamond
Vancouver – The latest batches of kimberlite from mini-bulk sampling at Shore Gold’s (SGF-V) wholly owned Star Diam…
WMC teams with China’s Jinchuan (July 30, 2004)
The world’s third-largest nickel producer, Australia’s WMC Resources (WMC-N), is joining forces with Chinese nickel…
Placer Dome has bright second quarter
Vancouver – Mine operating earnings for Placer Dome’s (PDG-T) second quarter doubled to US$137 million over the sa…
RCMP investigates Getty property transaction, directors
Vancouver – A Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into two directors of Getty Copper (GTC-V) has cast the m…
Meliadine West continues to grow
Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T) continues to expand the gold resource at its 774-sq.-km Meliadine West property, 20 km no…