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Ashanti ends profitable quarter (November 04, 2002)

Ghanaian gold producer Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) maintained its profitability in the third quarter, while the pressure of near-term debt continued to subside. Ashanti made US$22.5 million (or US18 p…


St. Jude drills for gold in Ghana

Vancouver — St. Jude Resources (SJD-V) has launched a drilling campaign designed to trace the strike and downdip extension of high-grade zones at the Subriso and Hwini-Butre prospects in Ghana, West …


Ariane confirms French Guiana grades

Vancouver — Initial results from ongoing drilling by Ariane Gold (AGD-T) have confirmed that high-grade zones occur in a broad gold resource at the Camp Caiman project in French Guiana.The infill pro…



Blacks to own 26% of SA mines under new charter

The revised South African mining charter calls for 26% of every mine to be under black ownership within 10 years and for white-owned companies to help raise the R100 billion needed to achieve this obj…


Draining of the A154 pool at the Diavik diamond mine, north of Yellowknife, began in late July. Water was pumped directly over the dyke into Lac de Gras until the water became too muddy. Since then, all pool water has been pumped to on-land containment facilities and treated at a plant owned by Diavik.

Canada’s second diamond mine prepares for startup

With prestripping well under way following dewatering of the A-154 open pit, construction and commissioning of the Diavik diamond project in Canada’s barren north is on budget and ahead of schedule.Th…


Daily Metal Prices (November 04, 2002)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 29Oct. 28Oct. 25Oct. 24Oct. 23Al Alloy1255/126…



Horne strike hits CCR refinery (November 04, 2002)

Noranda (NRD-T) intends to cut staff at its CCR refinery in Montreal by about 15%, citing revenue losses caused by striking workers at its Horne copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.The smelter normal…


Return of the commodity cycle

A study recently presented to the Department of Industry concludes that the energy industry is finding it difficult to raise investment capital, and that there is some danger the industry will cut bac…


Stillwater less profitable in Q3

Palladium producer Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) has endured another disappointing quarter, pocketing less than US$5 million in the three months ended Sept. 30.The US11-per-share profit comes on revenue …


NAME CHANGES (November 04, 2002)

Redstar Resources (RST-V) has changed its name to Redstar Gold (RGC-V) on a 1-new-for-6-old-share basis.Seine River (SRO-V) has changed its name to Trinity Plumas Capital…


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