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Hutchison: a miner’s miner
In my opinion, William Hutchison was the prime mining executive on the team from Preston East Dome and Technical Mine Consultants.Hutchison understood the importance of getting the project in producti…
Gold Fields closes hedges
Denver — In accordance with its belief that hedging gold at low prices is counterproductive, South Africa’s Gold Fields (GOLD-Q) has closed out its remaining gold hedge positions.The company bought b…
Richard Stoiber
Richard Stoiber, former professor of geology and professor emeritus at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., has died. He was 90.His association with Dartmouth spanned seven decades, from the time he e…
PEOPLE (February 26, 2001)
Autanabi — Glenn Laing appointed CEO;Claude Girard appointed chairman; Rocco Guarnaccia appointed president; Richard St-Julien appointed secretary and director; Marc Baribeau appointed director; Guy …
Lead gains as nickel tumbles
Base metal prices largely continued to trade sideways in low volumes during the report period Feb. 12-16. Lead was the only gainer on the London Metal Exchange (LME), as the average cash price gained …
Exchange Rates (February 26, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateFeb. 20 Feb. 19 Feb. 16 Feb. 15Feb. 14US$ in C$1.53921.53591.5368…
Diavik diamonds ‘highly desirable in US market’: analyst
60 Minutes rarely misses the mark when it comes to the quality of its investigative journalism. Unfortunately, a recent segment on the diamond industry failed to give much credit to global efforts to …
Staff Investment Policy (February 26, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (February 26, 2001)
69.30 (-4.44)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (February 26, 2001)
48.52 (+0.78)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, FEBRUARY 14-20
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeDenison MinesT 17396 0.10 0.07 0.10 +0.01…