Kennecott adds to coal assets
Fresh from its anouncement of the acquisition of Nerco (NYSE), Kennecott says it has agreed to purchase Cordero Mining Co. which operates a low-sulphur coal mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Nerco…
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MSV makes Chibougamau mining plans
The mining assets of Westminer Canada, including the Copper Rand and Portage mines and the 3,000-ton-per-day concentrator in Chibougamau, Que., have been purchased by MSV Resources (ME), which wants t…
Zigarlick offers observations on mining in Canada’s North
“I’m now retired but busier than ever,” John Zigarlick, former president of Echo Bay Mines (TSE), told a recent luncheon meeting of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy a…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Time to call it a day
We may never know what finally persuaded Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to announce his resignation, but we hope it had nothing to do with the current languishing conditions of the mining industry. Fir…
Tiomin produces first concentrate
Clearing the first hurdle in a feasibility study on its Natashquan deposit in Quebec, Tiomin Resources (ME) has produced a clean concentrate of heavy minerals, including iron, ilmenite, zircon and gar…
COMMENTARY — Better markets anticipated
Looking at stock market performance during the past two years, the trend, in technical terms, could best be described as a sideways correction: the TSE 300 index ran up strongly in late 1990 from the …
OBITUARY — Paul E. Young
A former mining engineer with Rio Algom Ltd., Paul Young, died recently at Waterloo, Ont. He was 85. After graduating from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1931, Young commenced a leng…
Fairfield ships more gold ore
A second shipment of high-grade gold ore containing a minimum 6,560 oz. gold was made by Fairfield Minerals (TSE) to Noranda’s Horne smelter in Eastern Canada. Fairfield has so far shipped a total of …
NovaGold resumes drilling program
A 1,500-metre drilling program is under way at its Sears Lake and Sewell Brook properties in northern New Brunswick, reports operator NovaGold Resources (TSE). The program is financed by Kennecott Can…
Spot prices at a glance (March 08, 1993)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $329.55 – $0.80 Silver* $ 3.58 – $0.02 Platinum* $342.50 – $4.25 Nickel** $ 2.68 – $0.14 Lead** $ 0.19 $0.00 Copper $ 0.97 – $0.03 Zinc $ 0.46 – $0.02 Courtesy of Scotia…
Echo Bay works to reduce Lupin costs
The struggle to stay profitable has intensified at the Lupin gold mine of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) as the gulf between production costs and market price narrows. Production costs at the mine, 250 miles no…
Rusty Lake options Minnova property
Rusty Lake Resources (CDN) has an option to earn half of Minnova’s (TSE) interest in the Big Duck Lake gold property, near Schreiber, Ont. The 145-claim property covers several gold zones that are ass…