BHP continues copper cuts
Vancouver — Responding to weak demand for copper, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) says it will extend production cuts at the Escondida and Tintaya operations in Chile and Peru, respectively.In November 2001, th…
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Kennecott comes up empty at Jericho
Kennecott Canada Exploration unsuccessfully tested 20 exploration targets during spring drilling at Tahera’s (TAH-T) wholly owned Jericho diamond project in Nunavut.A number of kimberlite indicator mi…
Mining stocks survive broad market woes
The release of another cautious U.S. consumer report pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down 8.93 points, or 0.8%, during the holiday-shortened May 22-28 report period. Likewise, the Down Jones In…
Golds up in weaker US market
Generally gloomy economic news and weakness in the “new-economy” stocks brought the U.S. stock markets down over the report period May 15-21. The broadly based Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 17.4 po…
Ivanhoe hits more gold at Turquoise Hill
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has tabled encouraging drill results from the Central zone at its wholly owned Turquoise Hill (Oyu Tolgoi) gold-copper project in southern Mongolia.Seven holes drill…
Low copper prices dent Codelco’s bottom line (May 20, 2002)
Vancouver — Low prices caused the world’s largest copper producer, Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), to suffer a 37% plunge in profits in the first quarter.The company, wholly owned …
Archon hits snags while drilling in Lac de Gras
Drilling by Archon Minerals (ACS-V) in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has been halted following the testing of only one target.Archon had set about testing some 22 geophysical pipe-…
Minotaur cuts high grades
Vancouver — Junior Minotaur Resources has tabled impressive results from the Prominent Hill prospect at the Mt. Woods joint venture in southern Australia.Hole 5 was drilled 200 metres east of hole 3 …
CDNX gains on moderate volume
Canada’s junior exchange moved higher on moderate volume over the week ended April 23. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index tacked on 8.91 points, or 0.7%, to close at 1,164.08.Goldminco topped …
Escondida sees short fall
Vancouver — Between March 2001 and March 2002, copper output from Chile’s Escondida mine fell 24%, to 58,602 tonnes. Some 45,841 tonnes of concentrates and 12,761 tonnes of cathodes were produced las…
BHP Billiton comes up empty at Royce
Using its proprietary Falcon airborne gravity system to pinpoint potential kimberlite targets on the Royce Group of claims in the Northwest Territories, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) failed to intersect kimber…
Ashton finds third kimberlitic body in Otish Mountains
A new kimberlite belt is emerging in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec, as demonstrated by the discovery of a third kimberlitic body by partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and So…