A 20,000-metre drilling program aimed at upgrading the inferred resource of the Football Field zone at the Esquel gold project in southern Argentina is now more than 60% complete.London-based Brancote…
American President George Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney are realists, which is why fossil fuels are a cornerstone of their newly formulated energy policy. Given the nation’s ravenous appetite fo…
Gold was first found in the bed of the Bedwell River by the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition party, led by John Buttle in 1865. When the report of the discovery reached the city of Victoria, a hu…
The Algerian government is seeking tenders for diamond exploration on a 542,000-km section of land running along the borders of Mali, Mauritania and Morocco and which stretches northeast beyond the ci…
Despite an aggressive cost-cutting campaign, Grupo Mexico registered a loss of US$48.8 million on revenue of US$773.2 million in the three months ended March 31.Lower metal prices and higher energy co…
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,245/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.22/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.95-11.80/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.7685/lb.Indium: In…
Australia’s WMC has notified its two Canadian partners, Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) and Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T), that the Meliadine West gold project in Nunavut will be included in the packa…
Maps showing production and distribution patterns are among the chief features of Colorado Coal Directory 2000.The maps also show the location of mines, permit boundaries, topography, and areas of pas…
The New Brunswick division of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan had the lowest frequency and severity of accidents at a mine site in 2000, and was duly honoured for its achievement at the 31st annual safet…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateMay 8May 7May 4May 3May 2US$ in C$1.54441.54031.53491.5329…
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