Taking another step toward resuming commercial operations at the Joe Mann gold mine in Quebec, Campbell Resources (CCH-T) has closed a $14.3-million private placement comprising an initial tranche of …
Henry Shear, an exploration geologist who spent 42 years working for such companies as General Resources, Noranda and Quintana Minerals, has died. He was 66.Shear was born in Kirksville, Miss., in 193…
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange posted modest gains during the report period ended Jan. 22. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index added 9.89 points, or 0.9%, to its value and closed at 1098…
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeFranco-NevT45748926.9525.5026.15+0.30…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,080/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.95-8.00/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.7025/lb.Indium: Ind…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 22 (change from Jan. 15 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium838375(+3…
The biggest news over the Jan. 16-22 report period was the withdrawal of South African AngloGold from a battle with U.S. miner Newmont Mining for control of Normandy Mining.The 3-month-old w…
Placer Dome has won a Development Marketplace Innovation award from the World Bank for a project aimed at helping mineworkers and their families cope with AIDS in southern Africa.The award was present…
World salt consumption increased to an estimated 190-205 million tonnes in 2000 in response to higher demand in southeast Asia and other developing regions, according to London-based Roskill Informati…
High-schoolers in Australia thought of everything from a toll-free number (1-800-SCOOP-ME) to standard operator creature comforts as they competed for top honours in a recent equipment design contest …
At long last, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has tabled a bankable feasibility study for the San Nicolas copper-zinc deposit in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas.However, since zinc will be the primary met…
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