South African miners recently staged a massive rally to protest layoffs by Placer Dome at its Western Areas joint venture.About 2,000 people gathered at a soccer pitch near Johannesburg in demonstrati…
Increased production and lower costs at the Cortez gold mine in Nevada, combined with improvements at other operations, enabled Placer Dome (PDG-T) to post solid profits for the first nine months of t…
Eyebrow-raising trench results, favourable geology and limited but enticing historic drill intercepts have whetted Altoro Gold’s (ATG-V) appetite for exploration at its Pedra Branca platinum-palladium…
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The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index slid 1.08 points, or 0.3%, over the report period ended Nov. 2, finishing the week at 394.12. The mining index followed suit, losing 2.68 points, or 0.97%,…
The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index jumped 150.44 points during the report period ended Nov. 2 to finish at 7,215.32. Resource stocks were mixed: the metals and minerals sub-group rose 10.57 points t…
Ocean shipping rates for mineral commodities declined over the past 18 months, according to a survey by Western Mine Engineering.Rates for “Cape” vessels, the largest ocean-going transports, with a ca…
Junior United Carina Resources (UCA-V) has received encouraging results from preliminary drilling at its Linear Group gold property near Gander, Nfld.Ten holes totalling 550.2 metres were drilled to f…
Gold Fields (GOLD-Q) plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Johannesburg-listed St. Helena Gold Mines it does not already own.The South African-based company hopes to acquire the shares (equiv…
Stewart Gibson appointed COO.
M.W. Lee appointed interim president.
Roger Haiat appointed non-executive director.
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