Barrick Gold Corporation

A British Columbia court has awarded $88.2 million to Inmet Mining (IMN-T) for breach of contract in the aborted sale of the Troilus gold mine in north-central Quebec.The decision is against Homestake…

Exploration expenditures in Newfoundland in 2001 totalled $25 million, up slightly from $23 million in 2000. During 2001, 15,663 claims were staked compared with 12,969 in 2000.The increase in expendi…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…

Despite pre-auction jitters, gold soared $8.60 over the Jan. 9-15 report period to land at a London morning fix of US$287.95 per oz. on Jan. 16.On that day, the Bank of England sold another 20 tonnes …

Determined to win a bidding war with AngloGold (AU-N), Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has raised its offer for Normandy Mining (NDY-T) as an insurance measure.In mid-November, Newmont triggered the…

Minires du Nord (MDN-T) has secured a US$4-million loan facility arranged by RMB Resources, a South African-based financial institution.The money will more than cover MDN’s funding requirements for 2…

Vancouver — Disappointing drill results have prompted mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) to stop work on the California and Surf properties in the Goodpaster district of Alaska.The properties are adja…

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…

The ongoing battle for Normandy Mining (ndy-t) took centre stage in eastern markets once again, with American producer Newmont Mining upping the ante at the start of the Jan. 2-8 report period.Newmont…

Against a rather grim backdrop that included an American economy slipping into recession, worldwide commodity deflation and a new war on terrorism, the big story in 2001 for the North American mining …

Markets in the U.S. enjoyed a modest boost over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 36.32 points to surpass the 10,000-mark and the Standard and Poor’s 500 a…

A proposed alliance with Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has provided AngloGold (AU-N) enough elbow room to raise its bid for Normandy Mining (NDY-T).The South African miner is now offering A30 per sh…