Northern Miner Indices (January 08, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.7…
Barrick Gold Corporation
Markets nosedive into new year
Stock trading on the first business day of 2001 was decidedly rocky, as fear of a slowdown in the U.S. economy spread north of the border and took its toll on markets here.The bellwether Toronto Stock…
Mergers dominate lacklustre year in US mining
Denver — The year 2000 began on a note of optimism for mining in the U.S. The Washington Agreement, an accord of Europe’s top bullion-holders that aims to regulate and limit sales, promised to revive…
Low commodity prices, high costs cast pall over 2000
Vancouver — The brutal combination of high costs and weak commodity prices translated into more mine closures than openings in the past year. Several companies were forced to suspend mining and devel…
Gold stages comeback, palladium touches new high
In another strong display of staying power, gold jumped US$4.50 over the holiday-shortened Dec. 20-26 report period, adding to a 25 gain in the previous week. The yellow metal, which was fixed at US$…
Golds rise above broad market woes
Dragged down again by a troubled industrial sector, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index sank 251.43 points over the Nov. 15-21 report period to end the week at 9,013.86.Fairing a good deal better wer…
Northern Miner Indices (November 27, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0FalconbridgeFL-T6.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.6Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Analysts take shine to diversified juniors
At an in-house conference for the retail side of Yorkton Securities, mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger highlighted seven diversified junior exploration companies that they regard as r…
Northern Miner Indices (November 20, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6ComincoCLT-T4.0FalconbridgeFL-T6.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T5.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N4.6Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Bema gets squeezed by senior partners
Although gold prices remained below US$267 per oz. during the Nov. 8-15 report period, there was a steady stream of news from both major and junior gold companies.Down 5 to 41, Vancouver-based Bema …
Juniors keep busy as gold slips below US$270
Gold stepped back into the spotlight during the Nov. 1-7 report period, as the Bank of England auctioned another 804,000 oz. (25 tonnes) at an allotment price of US$264.30 per oz.While the amount offe…
Northern Miner Indices (November 06, 2000)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T20.6…