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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Dow flirts with 10,000 again
The Dow Jones industrial average continues to toy with the 10,000 mark. In the report period ended Arpil 6, the Dow cleared the mark once, before falling back to finish the week up 50.23 points, or 0….
EDITORIAL & OPINION — COMMENTARY — Living Legacy a backroom deal
In a letter published in The Northern Miner’s April 20 issue, Chris Hodgson, minister of northern development and mines, defended his Lands For Life initiative by indicating that Ontario’s land-use pl…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Mar. 31-Apr. 6
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SPOT PRICES, March 24, 1999 (April 12, 1999)
Wednesday April 7, 1999Precious MetalsPrice (US)ChangeGold$280.25+$0.45Silver$ 4.9…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Boliden to restart Los Frailes
Having obtained the necessary permits, the Spanish subsidiary of Boliden (BOL-T) is gearing up to resume mining operations at the Los Frailes zinc mine near Seville, Spain.Operations were suspended al…
Mountain Lake secures water at Klipgat
Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) has drilled a well that has eliminated the need for water to be trucked into its Klipgat 18 alluvial diamond mine, now in production along the Mooi River in northeaster…
TSE INDICES (April 12, 1999)
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COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — World Wide Minerals restructures capital, sues Nukem
World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) is undergoing a capital restructuring as it continues to pursue a lawsuit related to its derailed uranium projects in Kazakstan.World Wide has issued a private placement of…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Record production at Syncrude
Production of oil from the Syncrude oil sands plant at Fort McMurray, Alta., set a record in March.Syncrude shipped a record 7.5 million barrels (just under 1.2 million cubic metres) in March, a daily…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Producers run hard to keep running
Canadian coal producers are no strangers to tough markets, but recent weakness in the global economy has brought about a new set of competitive challenges and left some struggling for survival.As volu…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Oil sands investment expected to reach $25 billion — New technologies, declining costs increase competitiveness of some operations
Special to The Northern MinerPetroleum producers are expected to pump another $25 billion into the Canadian oil sands over the next decade, even though the world is so soaked in oil that the Organizat…